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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I haven't heard anything on the radio either, it's just my sixth sense coming into play.
  我也没在收音机里听到什么消息，只是我的第六感在起作用而己。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。