suggesting the operation of supernatural influences;
\\\"an eldritch screech\\\"
\\\"the three weird sisters\\\"
\\\"stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures\\\"
\\\"an unearthly light\\\"
\\\"he could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din\\\"
surpassing the ordinary or normal;
\\\"Beyond his preternatural affability there is some acid and some steel\\\"
\\\"his uncanny sense of direction\\\"
造句
用作形容詞(adj.)
The silence was uncanny. 靜得出奇。
I had an uncanny feeling of being watched. 我有一種奇怪的感覺，好像有人監視我。
His powers of observation were uncanny. 他的觀察能力非常驚人。
The similarity between the two is uncanny. 這兩者之間有著不可思議的相似性。
常用短語
Stephen had such uncanny powers of sympathy.
出自：N. Annan
The quiet was uncanny; water running in a gutter..but no cars, no voices.