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单词 uncanny
释义
uncanny
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈkæn.i/us
/ʌnˈkæn.i/
strangeormysterious, often in a way that isslightlyfrightening:
It was uncanny the way that she alwaysknewwhat he wasthinking.
Shebearsan uncannyresemblanceto her father'sbestfriend.
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  • Theoveralleffectwasweirdand uncanny .
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uncannily
uncanniness
(Definition ofuncannyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
uncanny
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈkæn.i/us
/ʌnˈkæn.i/
strangeormysterious;difficultorimpossibletoexplain
奇怪的；神秘的；难以（或无法）解释的
an uncannyresemblance神秘的相似性

uncanny| American Dictionary

uncanny
adjective
us
/ʌnˈkæn·i/
strangeormysterious;difficultorimpossibletoexplain:
He has an uncannyabilitytopickawinner.
Barb’s uncannyresemblanceto Tia isscary.
(Definition ofuncannyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofuncanny

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One can accept a certain amount of coloratura, but as soon as it becomes excessive, the device is marked and itsuncannysignificance emerges.
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Only by listening closely do we hear the synthetic chorus as voices and, when we do, the background takes on anuncannyanimation.
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He strikes a chord with modern readers, who often marvel at hisuncannyability to speak directly to them.
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It is the presence of the familiar within the monstrous, the misplaced quality of this floating signifier of anxiety, that makes it souncanny.
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Soaring double-bass harmonics produced anuncanny, ghostly effect.
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Thus sound/voice without an entity/body (sound/voice without a home) is a primal source of theuncanny.
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Offstage is, then, the locus of theuncanny.
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Heruncannyknowledge about her father's death provides her with a new power and agency.
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Paradoxically, the full seriousness of the story's engagement with theuncannyand the repressed is released only when it is read as parody.
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The books are animated by haunting images anduncannytextual conjunctions, as if established scholarly styles are finally inadequate to the fullness of their purposes.
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Their playing showed anuncannyresponsiveness and unity of ensemble, and a brilliant but self-effacing virtuosity in the service of profound musicality.
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For theseuncannycries raise a number of questions: why the strange persistence of ' vocal' expression in the orchestra when actual singing is attenuated?
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Such dissolution of lesser coalition parties was certainlyuncannyand unprecedented.
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The representation of what has been entombed in the offstage as the unconscious of the stage is the presence of theuncannytheatricality.
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As countless viewers and critics have observed, it is an intervention ofuncannyeffectiveness.
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