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uncanny [,ʌn'kæni]

a. 怪诞的, 可怕的, 离奇的, 神秘的

uncanny

[ adj ]

suggesting the operation of supernatural influences

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an eldritch screech

the three weird sisters

stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures

an unearthly light

he could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din

surpassing the ordinary or normal

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Beyond his preternatural affability there is some acid and some steel

his uncanny sense of direction

Uncanny \Un*can"ny\, a.
Not canny; unsafe; strange; weird; ghostly. --Sir W. Scott.
-- {Un*can"ni*ness}, n. --G. Eliot.

He achieved this in part with an uncanny talent for getting his foot peacefully in the door of established European companies.
The 44-year old entrepreneur also has an uncanny flair for selling computer peripherals.
There are a few big musical numbers (staged with rousing cleverness by Rob Marshall), but, more often, song flows into scene or scene into song with an almost uncanny naturalness.
But it is Mr. Wilson's often uncanny strokes of theatrical brilliance that give the production its luster.
The president also had a ringside seat for an unusual performance by comic Steve Martin, who performed as "The Great Flydini," a magician with an uncanny knack for pulling things out of the open fly of his pants.
Americans who meet her unfailingly note Vera's uncanny resemblance to Little Orphan Annie with her curly hair and cherub cheeks.
Some of the similarities between parts of the Wilson period and the turmoils that John Major has been going through in the past few weeks are uncanny.
With global capital markets operating with uncanny efficiency to channel resources to the most productive entrepreneurs, the U.S. boomed, growing twice as fast as the rest of the world.
Even his parliamentary speeches -attacking Fianna Fail in a no confidence motion in November 1992 - have an uncanny resemblance to last week's assault.
Two Conlon Nancarrow canons, delivered by Ades with uncanny precision, were as deeply unsettling as Nancarrow's studies always are.
Politicians have an uncanny knack for stepping on their own lines and for speaking when silence would serve them best.
"She hit upon things that were uncanny."
The head of one big retailer, reflecting on the uncanny resemblance between a leading brand of shampoo and his own version of it, privately expresses astonishment that he is allowed to get away with it.
Such uncanny timing "is very irritating," says Mariel Clemensen, head of high-yield research at Citicorp.
Florea Ceausescu, his face bearing uncanny resemblance to his cousin except for several day's growth of beard and deep lines etched by a hard life, smiled when asked if his name would cause him trouble.
Moreover, his characters frequently suffer from an advanced case of premature foreboding, as they predict with uncanny accuracy the exact course of the Russian Revolution and other events months (or years) before they happen.
The direct comparison here between Freud and Rubens is uncanny and revealing.

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