seance

['seɑns]
  • n. 降神会;会议

英英释义


1. a meeting of spiritualists;
"the seance was held in the medium's parlor"

实用场景例句


You expect me to believe we conjured up her evil spirit with a game seance?
你期望我相信我们游戏里的请神会唤醒了她邪恶的亡灵?

电影对白

The seance was held in the medium's parlor.
降神会在中间的客厅举行.

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中文词源


seance 降神会(设法和亡灵说话)

来自法语 seance,会议,见面,来自拉丁语 sedere,坐,坐下,词源同 sit,session.字母 d 脱落, 比较 peon,跑腿工,词源同 biped.后词义被赋予迷信色彩。

双语例句


1. You expect me to believe we conjured up her evil spirit with a game seance?
你期望我相信我们游戏里的请神会唤醒了她邪恶的亡灵?

来自电影对白

2. The seance was held in the medium's parlor.
降神会在中间的客厅举行.

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英文词源


séance
séance: see session
seance (n.)
1789, "sitting, session," as of a learned society, from French séance "a sitting," from seoir "to sit," from Latin sedere (see sedentary). Meaning "spiritualistic session" first recorded 1845.

词态变化


复数: seances;