| 词汇 | uncannily |
| 释义 | uncannily adverb uk /ʌnˈkæn.əl.i/ us /ʌnˈkæn.əl.i/ in a way that is uncanny(= strange and mysterious): Her predictions turned out to be uncannily accurate. His new girlfriend looks uncannily like his ex-partner. See uncanny Uncannily, he knows all about Anna, and urges her to cancel the wedding. My singing voice sounded uncannily like his. The play now seems uncannily ahead of its time. Strange, suspicious and unnatural aberrant aberrantly abnormal abnormally add freakishly freakishness funnily funnily enoughidiom ghostliness perverse perversely perversity perverted pervy wack wackadoodle wackily wackiness wacky Examples of uncannilyuncannily Whilst the events described in this book took place several decades ago, they remain uncannily contemporary. These questions uncannily reflect issues pertinent to our personal identities and project the same kinds of responses that we label as postmodern. It feels very close, too close, and uncannily claustrophobic, because of its close miking. The aggressively apodictic tone and the mechanics of the over-paradoxical arguments in favour of a renewal of opera as a moral institution are uncannily familiar. He was instantly recognisable by his father's profile, uncannily, even by his posture, gestures and mannerisms, but especially by the diamond clarity of his voice. Uncannily enough, sambandham here conforms closely to the idea of a 'real' contract, in that it did not have a pre-established terrain. These two effects are uncannily related, in that music both registers and represses (by 'pointing' elsewhere) the listener's suspicion that mechanical trickery might lie behind the most virtuosic live performances. The parallel is uncannily close. The prediction—somewhat by luck, no doubt—is almost uncannily accurate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, despite the passage of decades or centuries, uncannily similar messages occasionally come forth. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 So far, it is unpleasantly and uncannily on course to become reality. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The leaked predictions were to be proved uncannily accurate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was both fast and very comfortable while almost uncannily quiet and smooth. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is, so far, uncannily, almost frighteningly, similar. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was an uncannily prescient example, because that is more or less what has happened to the word free in our lifetime. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English See all examples of uncannily These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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