clairvoyant

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
/ˌklɛəˈvɔɪ.ənt/    /ˌklɛɹˈvɔɪ.ənt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  2. A person able to foresee the future
形容词 adj.
  1. Of, relating to, or having clairvoyance.
    — Then there is the very large class of casual clairvoyant visions which have no traceable cause — which are apparently quite meaningless, and have no recognizable relation to any events known to the seer.
  2. Able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses.
  3. Able to foresee the future.
  4. Having great insight; sagacious.
    — …his vision of the future so far-reaching and clairvoyant as that of many who have lived before him and since…
  5. Relating to a form of parallel processing algorithm given advance information about the problem.

词形变化

more clairvoyant comparative most clairvoyant superlative clairvoyants plural

词源

词源 1
From French clairvoyant, from clair (“clear”) + voyant (“seeing”), present participle of voir (“see”).
词源 2
From French clairvoyant, from clair (“clear”) + voyant (“seeing”), present participle of voir (“see”).
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