palmistry

英 ['pɑːmɪstri] 美 ['pɑːmɪstri]

• n. 手相术(通过看手相预言人的命运)；手上戏法

英英释义

Noun:

1. telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Though palmistry is still practiced, there is no known scientific basis for it.
   虽然手相术至今仍有流传，但其说法并无任何科学依据。
2. Palmistry may have originated in ancient India, and it was probably from their original Indian home that the traditional fortune-telling of the Gypsies was derived.
   手相术最初可能起源于古印度，而吉普赛人的预言吉凶可能也是从他们的故土印度衍生出来的。

近反义词

【近义词】

• prophecy 预言
• chiromancy 手相术
• palm reading 看手相
• chirology 手之研究