psychedelic
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++psy·che·del·ic /ˌsaɪkəˈdelɪk◂/ adjective [usually before noun] 1. MDDpsychedelic drugs such as LSD make you hallucinate (=see things that do not exist) 〔药物〕引起幻觉的，致幻的2 Chaving or using bright colours or strange sounds, and representing the experiences people have when they use drugs such as LSD 产生迷幻效果的 a psychedelic light show 光怪陆离的迷幻灯光表演 Fashion designers look back to the 1960s with dazzling psychedelic prints. 时装设计师以令人眼花缭乱的印花图案回归20世纪 60年代。 —psychedelically /-kli/ adverb —psychedelia /-ˈdiːliə/ noun [uncountable] sixties psychedelia 60 年代的迷幻文化
Examples from the Corpus
psychedelic• Four cuts of trancey exchange from Future Rhythm, with the pay-off being hugely psychedelic.• The Psychedelics Encyclopedia lists nine families of different psychedelic drugs.• In doing so, he relies heavily on the work of ethno-botanist and psychedelic frontiersman Terence McKenna.• Gareth wore of course his psychedelic jacket.• He wore no suit, but trousers, waistcoat and Paisley tie fashion for the psychedelic movement of the 1960s.• Ladbroke Grove urban guerilla psychedelic sci-fi warriors probably sums it up.• She was bouncing around in a tent-like dress, patterned in psychedelic swirls of purple and brown.Origin psychedelic (1900-2000) Greek psych- ( → PSYCH-) + deloun “to show”psy·che·del·ic adjectiveChineseSyllable
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psychedelic
psy‧che‧del‧ic /ˌsaɪkəˈdelɪk◂, ˌsaɪkɪˈdelɪk◂/
adjective [usually before noun]1. psychedelic drugs such as LSD make you hallucinate (=see things that do not exist)
2. having or using bright colours or strange sounds, and representing the experiences people have when they use drugs such as LSD:
a psychedelic light show
Fashion designers look back to the 1960s with dazzling psychedelic prints.
—psychedelically /-kli/ adverb
—psychedelia /-ˈdiːliə/ noun [uncountable]:
sixties psychedelia
psy‧che‧del‧ic /ˌsaɪkəˈdelɪk◂, ˌsaɪkɪˈdelɪk◂/
adjective [usually before noun]1. psychedelic drugs such as LSD make you hallucinate (=see things that do not exist)2. having or using bright colours or strange sounds, and representing the experiences people have when they use drugs such as LSD:
—psychedelically /-kli/ adverb
—psychedelia /-ˈdiːliə/ noun [uncountable]: