supernatural
supernaturals 是 supernatural 的复数形式，页面展示原形释义。
英 [ˌsuː.pəˈnætʃ.ər.əl]
美
[ˌsuː.pɚˈnætʃ.ɚ.əl]
- adj. 超自然的；神奇的，不可思议的
- n. 超自然现象；不可思议的事
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词族 · supernatural
词形变化
中文词源
supernatural 超自然的
super-,超过，nature,自然。
英语词源
- supernatural (adj.)
- early 15c. "of or given by God," from Medieval Latin supernaturalis "above or beyond nature, divine," from Latin super "above" (see super-) + natura "nature" (see nature (n.)). Originally with more of a religious sense, "of or given by God, divine; heavenly;" association with ghosts, etc., has predominated since 19c. Related: Supernaturalism.
That is supernatural, whatever it be, that is either not in the chain of natural cause and effect, or which acts on the chain of cause and effect, in nature, from without the chain. [Horace Bushnell, "Nature and the Supernatural," 1858]
- supernatural (n.)
- 1729, "a supernatural being," from supernatural (adj.). From 1830 as "that which is above or beyond the established course of nature."
权威例句
- 1. He writes short stories with a touch of the supernatural.
- 他写的短篇小说带有灵异色彩。
- 2. a belief in the supernatural
- 对超自然力量的相信
- 3. UFOs are often explained as supernatural.
- 不明飞行物常常被解释为超自然现象.
- 4. I don't believe in the supernatural.
- 我不相信超自然现象.
- 5. Ghosts and evil spirits are supernatural.
- 幽灵和恶鬼都是超自然的.