“table、turning”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

table-turning

释义

ˈtable-ˌturning
The action of turning or moving a table without the use of any apparently adequate means, as by a number of persons placing their hands or fingers upon it; such movements being ascribed by some to spiritual agency (cf. table-rapping). So ˈtable-ˌturner, one who practises table-turning.
1853Ann. Reg. 67 When the apparatus was kept in sight it proved to possess a corrective power over the mind of the table-turner.1855Smedley, etc. Occult Sc. 200 Faraday explains table-turning by involuntary muscular action.1860J. C. Jeaffreson Bk. about Doctors II. 38 The vagaries of..electro-biologists, spirit-rappers, and table-turners.1861Hook Lives Abps. I. vii. 421 The superstitions of the age, ranking with our mesmerism and table-turning.

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