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

• 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。
• It could be dangerous, and I've got a sixth sense.
  我的第六感告诉我可以有危险。
• I usually get a feeling about the prey that I'm hunting, a sixth sense, if you will.
  我通常能从我所狩猎的猎物身上得到感觉，这是一种第六感，如果你愿意这样称呼的话。
• 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。
• My mother's got a sixth sense, she knows when it's going to rain.
  我妈妈也有第六感，下雨的时候她能感觉出来。
• Journalists have a sixth sense of news in most cases.
  在多数情况下记者们对新闻有第六感觉。
• I will tease you no longer and reveal that the sixth sense of sex is* attraction.
  不卖关子了，性的第六感是&吸引力。
• 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。
• My sixth sense tells me that their marriage is doomed.
  我的第六感告诉我，他们的婚姻注定要失败。
• He had a sixth sense for trouble.
  他对麻烦有第六感。