weird /ˈwɪrd/
(a.)怪異的,超自然的,不可思議的,超乎事理之外的命運,預言,符咒
Weird n.
1. Fate; destiny; one of the Fates, or Norns; also, a prediction. [Obs. or Scot.]
2. A spell or charm. [Obs. or Scot.]
Weird, a.
1. Of or pertaining to fate; concerned with destiny.
2. Of or pertaining to witchcraft; caused by, or suggesting, magical influence; supernatural; unearthly; wild; as, a weird appearance, look, sound, etc.
Myself too had weird seizures. --Tennyson.
Those sweet, low tones, that seemed like a weird incantation. --Longfellow.
Weird sisters, the Fates. [Scot.]
Note: ☞ Shakespeare uses the term for the three witches in Macbeth.
The weird sisters, hand in hand,
Posters of the sea and land. --Shak.
Weird, v. t. To foretell the fate of; to predict; to destine to. [Scot.]
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weird
adj 1: suggesting the operation of supernatural influences; "an
eldritch screech"; "the three weird sisters";
"stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous
creatures"- John Galsworthy; "an unearthly light"; "he
could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew
piercing the din"- Henry Kingsley [syn: eldritch, uncanny,
unearthly]
2: strikingly odd or unusual; "some trick of the moonlight;
some weird effect of shadow"- Bram Stoker
n : Fate personified; one of the three Weird Sisters [syn: Wyrd]