| 单词 | preternatural |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [`pri:tə(:)'nætʃərəl] |
| 解释 | a.异常的)；超自然的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj. 异常的(extraordinar y)；超自然的(existing outside of nature) 【考】 反义词：ordinary(常 见的) 【记】 preter(超过)+natura l(自然的) 【同】 同根词:preterlegal( 超越法律); pretersensual(超越 感觉的) |
| 字源 | 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]. |
| 不择手段背单词 | adj. 异常的; 超自然的; 异乎寻常的 = extraordinary 【记】preter超, natural(adj 自然的) 【反】ordinary(adj 平常的) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】preter 超 + natural |
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