Preternatural
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[编辑] 解释
[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- adj. 异常的; 超自然的
- ［英］ adj. 异常的 ( extraordinary) ; 超自然的 ( existing outside of nature)
- ［类］ 反义词: ordinary ( 常见的)
- ［记］ preter ( 超过) +natural ( 自然的)
- ［同］ 同根词:preterlegal ( 超越法律) ; pretersensual ( 超越感觉的)
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
adjective
- Etymology: Medieval Latin praeternaturalis, from Latin praeter naturam beyond nature
- Date: 1580
- 1. existing outside of nature
- 2. exceeding what is natural or regular ; extraordinary <wits trained to preternatural acuteness by the debates — G. L. Dickinson>
- 3. inexplicable by ordinary means; especially psychic <preternatural phenomena>
- ? preternaturally adverb
- ? preternaturalness noun
