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uncanny adj.离奇的 You can also use uncanny to refer to something that is so remarkable that it is beyond what is natural: as in "uncanny abilities." This adjective was formed in English from the prefix un- "not" and canny "fortunate, safe." The current meaning of English canny is "careful and clever, especially in handling money." ★☆☆☆☆ 2013.6

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[ʌn'kæni] If something is uncanny, it is so mysterious, strange, or unfamiliar that it seems supernatural. If you hear strange music echoing through your attic, you might refer to it as positively uncanny. In them we can see biophilia—a yearning for contact with nonhuman life-assuming uncanny representational forms. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]奇怪的；离奇的；费解的 If you describe something as uncanny, you mean that it is strange and difficult to explain. The hero, Danny, bears an uncanny resemblance to Kirk Douglas...主人公丹尼与柯克·道格拉斯出奇地相像。I had this uncanny feeling that Alice was warning me.我有一种奇怪的感觉：艾丽斯是在警告我。uncannilyThey have uncannily similar voices...他们的声音出奇地像。It fits Orwell's guidelines almost uncannily.这与奥韦尔的指导方针出奇地吻合。

英语单词	uncanny
英美音标	[ʌn'kæni]
中文释义	adj.离奇的
vocab简明	If something is uncanny, it is so mysterious, strange, or unfamiliar that it seems supernatural. If you hear strange music echoing through your attic, you might refer to it as positively uncanny.
vocab扩展	You can also use uncanny to refer to something that is so remarkable that it is beyond what is natural: as in "uncanny abilities." This adjective was formed in English from the prefix un- "not" and canny "fortunate, safe." The current meaning of English canny is "careful and clever, especially in handling money."
真题原句	In them we can see biophilia—a yearning for contact with nonhuman life-assuming uncanny representational forms.
柯林斯星级	★☆☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]奇怪的；离奇的；费解的 If you describe something as uncanny, you mean that it is strange and difficult to explain. The hero, Danny, bears an uncanny resemblance to Kirk Douglas... 主人公丹尼与柯克·道格拉斯出奇地相像。 I had this uncanny feeling that Alice was warning me. 我有一种奇怪的感觉：艾丽斯是在警告我。 uncannily They have uncannily similar voices... 他们的声音出奇地像。 It fits Orwell's guidelines almost uncannily. 这与奥韦尔的指导方针出奇地吻合。
来源	2013.6

Uncanny Strange Refer English Canny Uncannily ʌn'kæni Adj.离奇的