sixth sense

英 [ˌsɪksθ ˈsens]

美 [ˌsɪksθ ˈsens]

n.  第六感觉; 直觉

医学

牛津词典

noun

• 第六感觉；直觉
  a special ability to know sth without using any of the five senses that include sight, touch, etc.
  1. My sixth sense told me to stay here and wait.
     直觉告诉我应该待在这儿等着。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 第六感;直觉
  If you say that someone has asixth sense, you mean that they seem to have a natural ability to know about things before other people, or to know things that other people do not know.
  1. The interesting thing about O'Reilly is his sixth sense for finding people who have good ideas.
     奥赖利的有趣之处在于，他能够凭直觉找到有好点子的人。

英英释义

noun

• grasping the inner nature of things intuitively
  Synonym:insight

双语例句

• And a scent is like a sixth sense which combines hearing, seeing and smelling.
  鉴别力是一种综合了听觉、视觉和嗅觉的特殊的感觉。
• It was pitch black but some sixth sense told me that there was somebody in the room.
  屋内漆黑一团，但凭我的第六感觉，我断定这屋子里一定有人。
• She said that her sixth sense told her not to take the plane.
  她说她的第六感告诉她别坐那架飞机。
• I always believe my sixth sense.
  我总是相信我的直觉。
• My sixth sense often proves to be right.
  我的第六感很灵。
• Therefore, while living this human life we often think that we have the sixth sense.
  所以我们活在人生中，经常认为自己有第六感。
• He had a sixth sense for trouble.
  他对麻烦有第六感。
• So far, science has not discovered where this organ of the sixth sense is located, but this is not important.
  科学迄今未发现此第六感的器官位在何处，但是位置并不重要。
• She's got that special abductee sixth sense everybody knows about.
  大家都知道她对于绑架有一种特别的第六感。
• I have a sixth sense when it comes to crime.
  当有犯罪正在实施时，我的第六感会告诉我。