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。
• Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five.
  金钱就像第六感，没有它，其他的五种感官就无法完全利用。
• 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。
• The Sixth Sense will never function while these three negatives, or any of them remain in your mind.
  当这三种负面情绪之中，有任一者还停留在你脑海的时候，第六感是永远不会降临的。
• 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。
• 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 often proves to be right.
  我的第六感很灵。
• It could be dangerous, and I've got a sixth sense.
  我的第六感告诉我可以有危险。
• Some scientists doubt whether there is the sixth sense.
  有些科学家怀疑是否有第六感觉的存在。
• 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。