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单词 crystal-gazing
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Definition of crystal-gazing in English:

crystal-gazing

noun
mass noun
  • 1Looking intently into a crystal ball with the aim of seeing images relating to future or distant events.

    水晶球凝视术,水晶球占卜

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Along with charms and talismans, crystal-gazing and the invocation of spirits, he dismissed astrological prophecy and mystical revelation as ‘cheats and shifts to gull the sillier sort of people.’
    • It might sound like the sort of question best left to crystal-gazing new agers, but there is growing evidence that the weird movies that play in our heads every night actually mean something.
    • It can involve elaborate rituals for cleaning the ball and for conducting the crystal-gazing sessions.
    Synonyms
    foretelling the future, forecasting the future, fortune telling, prediction, second sight, clairvoyance, prognostication, divination, soothsaying
    1. 1.1 Attempting to forecast the future.
      〈喻〉预测未来
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Historians don't do crystal-gazing.

Definition of crystal-gazing in US English:

crystal-gazing

nounˈkristlˌɡāziNGˈkrɪstlˌɡeɪzɪŋ
  • 1Looking intently into a crystal ball with the aim of seeing images relating to future or distant events.

    水晶球凝视术,水晶球占卜

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Along with charms and talismans, crystal-gazing and the invocation of spirits, he dismissed astrological prophecy and mystical revelation as ‘cheats and shifts to gull the sillier sort of people.’
    • It might sound like the sort of question best left to crystal-gazing new agers, but there is growing evidence that the weird movies that play in our heads every night actually mean something.
    • It can involve elaborate rituals for cleaning the ball and for conducting the crystal-gazing sessions.
    Synonyms
    foretelling the future, forecasting the future, fortune telling, prediction, second sight, clairvoyance, prognostication, divination, soothsaying
    1. 1.1 Attempting to forecast the future.
      〈喻〉预测未来
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Historians don't do crystal-gazing.
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