preternatural
preternatural 英 [ˌpri:təˈnætʃrəl] 美 [ˌpritərˈnætʃrəl]
adj. 超自然的；异常的，不可思议的
名词复数:preternaturals
- Preternatural describes something that seems oddly abnormal and out of sync with everything else. If you hear a preternatural dog's barking, maybe it sounds like a police siren instead of a howl.
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- adj. 超自然的；异常的，不可思议的
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1. " It was a time out of time "charged with a peculiar preternatural energy.
“属阴节与占卜和传说故事联系紧密，”是超脱时间的时间，“充满了古怪的超自然的力量。”
- preternatural (adj.) 1570s, from Medieval Latin preternaturalis (mid-13c.), from Latin phrase praeter naturam (praeterque fatum) "beyond nature (and beyond fate)," from praeter "beyond" (see preterite) + accusative of natura "nature" (see natural). "Preternatural is used especially to note that which might have been a work of nature, but is not" [Century Dictionary].
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