also synesthesia, "sensation in one part of the body produced by stimulus in another," 1881, in some cases via French, from Modern Latin, from Greek syn- "together" (see syn-) + aisthe "to feel, perceive," related to aisthesis "feeling," from PIE root *au- "to perceive" (see audience) + abstract noun ending -ia. Also psychologically, of the senses (colors that seem to the perceiver to having odor, etc.), from 1891. Related: Synaesthetic (adj.).
双语例句
1. Synaesthesia is a linguistic and also a psychological phenomenon.
通感既是一种心理现象,又是一种语言现象.
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2. Synaesthesia is one of the most important artistic forms in modern Chinese and western poetry.
通感是中西方现代主义诗歌最重要的形式技巧之一.
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3. How synaesthesia starts ( in other words, how the connections become so strong ) is also unclear.
感观联觉是如何形成的 ( 者说, 人脑内部的连通是如何变得这么紧密的 ) 然是个迷.
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4. People with synaesthesia, perhaps one in 2,000 by conservative estimates, get two - for - one sensory experiences.
