preternatural是什么意思？

preternatural

英[ˌpri:təˈnætʃrəl] 美[ˌpritərˈnætʃrəl]

• adj. 异常的，奇特的，超自然的，不可思议的；

副词：preternaturally;

例句

• preternatural strength 不可思议的力量
• preternatural silence 奇异的寂静
• The suddenness of storms in that climate is something almost preternatural. 在那地带,突起的风暴几乎是件不可思议的事.
• Below his preternatural affability there is some acid and steel. 在他异常和蔼可亲的表情之下,有着尖刻和钢铁般的坚毅.
• Their parents had an almost preternatural ability to understand what was going on in their children's minds. 他们的父母有着一种近乎神奇的能力，能够洞悉他们的孩子脑子里在想些什么。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ
  超自然的；异常的；非同寻常的
  Preternatural abilities, qualities, or events are very unusual in a way that might make you think that unknown forces are involved.
  例句
  Their parents had an almost preternatural ability to understand what was going on in their children's minds. 他们的父母有着一种近乎神奇的能力，能够洞悉他们的孩子脑子里在想些什么。

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  异常的,奇特的
  preternatural silence 奇异的寂静 Below his preternatural affability there is some acid and steel. 在他异常和蔼可亲的表情之下，有着尖刻和钢铁般的坚毅。
  不可思议的
  preternatural strength 不可思议的力量

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. surpassing the ordinary or normal;
  "Beyond his preternatural affability there is some acid and some steel"- George Will
  2. existing outside of or not in accordance with nature;
  "find transcendental motives for sublunary action"-Aldous Huxley