mystery 音标拼音: [m'ɪstɚi]
n . 神秘,奥秘,秘密,玄妙,不可思议的事
神秘,奥秘,秘密,玄妙,不可思议的事
mystery n 1 :
something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained ; "
how it got out is a mystery "; "
it remains one of nature '
s secrets " [
synonym : {
mystery }, {
enigma }, {
secret },
{
closed book }]
2 :
a story about a crime (
usually murder )
presented as a novel or play or movie [
synonym : {
mystery }, {
mystery story },
{
whodunit }]
Mystery \
Mys "
ter *
y \,
n .;
pl . {
Mysteries }. [
OE .
mistere ,
OF .
mestier ,
F .
m ['
e ]
tier ,
L .
ministerium .
See {
Ministry }.]
1 .
A trade ;
a handicraft ;
hence ,
any business with which one is usually occupied .
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Fie upon him ,
he will discredit our mystery . --
Shak .
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And that which is the noblest mystery Brings to reproach and common infamy . --
Spenser .
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2 .
A dramatic representation of a Scriptural subject ,
often some event in the life of Christ ;
a dramatic composition of this character ;
as ,
the Chester Mysteries ,
consisting of dramas acted by various craft associations in that city in the early part of the 14th century .
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"
Mystery plays ,"
so called because acted by craftsmen . --
Skeat .
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Mystic
Mystery \
Mys "
ter *
y \ (
m [
i ^]
s "
t [~
e ]
r *[
y ^]),
n .;
pl . {
Mysteries }
(
m [
i ^]
s "
t [~
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r *[
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z ). [
L .
mysterium ,
Gr .
mysth `
rion ,
fr .
my `
sths one initiated in mysteries ;
cf .
myei ^
n to initiate into the mysteries ,
fr .
my `
ein to shut the eyes .
Cf . {
Mute },
a .]
1 .
A profound secret ;
something wholly unknown ,
or something kept cautiously concealed ,
and therefore exciting curiosity or wonder ;
something which has not been or can not be explained ;
hence ,
specifically ,
that which is beyond human comprehension .
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We speak the wisdom of God in a mystery . --
1 Cor .
ii .
7 .
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If God should please to reveal unto us this great mystery of the Trinity ,
or some other mysteries in our holy religion ,
we should not be able to understand them ,
unless he would bestow on us some new faculties of the mind . --
Swift .
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2 .
A kind of secret religious celebration ,
to which none were admitted except those who had been initiated by certain preparatory ceremonies ; --
usually plural ;
as ,
the Eleusinian mysteries .
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3 .
pl .
The consecrated elements in the eucharist .
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4 .
Anything artfully made difficult ;
an enigma .
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346 Moby Thesaurus words for "
mystery ":
Chinese puzzle ,
Grand Guignol ,
Marchen ,
Passion play ,
Tom show ,
Western ,
Western story ,
Westerner ,
adventure story ,
allegory ,
ambiguity ,
ambiguousness ,
anagoge ,
anagogics ,
anthroposophy ,
antimasque ,
apologue ,
arcanum ,
art ,
audience success ,
awesomeness ,
baffle ,
bafflement ,
baffling problem ,
ballet ,
bedtime story ,
beguilingness ,
bewilderment ,
bomb ,
bother ,
brain twister ,
brain -
teaser ,
broadcast drama ,
burlesque show ,
business ,
cabala ,
cabalism ,
career ,
career building ,
careerism ,
ceremonial ,
ceremony ,
charade ,
classified information ,
cliff hanger ,
closet drama ,
comedy drama ,
confidence ,
confidential communication ,
confoundment ,
confusion ,
conundrum ,
craft ,
critical success ,
crossword puzzle ,
crux ,
dark horse ,
daytime serial ,
detective novel ,
detective story ,
dialogue ,
dilemma ,
discomposure ,
disconcert ,
disconcertedness ,
disconcertion ,
disconcertment ,
disturbance ,
documentary drama ,
drama ,
dramalogue ,
dramatic play ,
dramatic series ,
duodrama ,
duologue ,
duty ,
eeriness ,
elfdom ,
embarrassment ,
enchantingness ,
enigma ,
enigmatic question ,
enigmaticalness ,
enticingness ,
epic theater ,
esoterica ,
esotericism ,
esoterics ,
esoterism ,
esotery ,
experimental theater ,
extraordinariness ,
extravaganza ,
fable ,
fabliau ,
faerie ,
failure ,
fairy tale ,
fantasy ,
fascination ,
fiction ,
fix ,
floorer ,
flop ,
folk story ,
folktale ,
form ,
form of worship ,
formality ,
formula ,
formulary ,
frontier ,
frontiers of knowledge ,
function ,
game ,
gasser ,
gest ,
ghost story ,
giveaway ,
glamorousness ,
guarded secret ,
handicraft ,
happening ,
hermetics ,
hit ,
hit show ,
hocus -
pocus ,
holy rite ,
horse opera ,
improvisational drama ,
indefinability ,
indefiniteness ,
inexplicability ,
inextricability ,
inscrutability ,
insolvability ,
institution ,
jam ,
jigsaw puzzle ,
knot ,
knotty point ,
legend ,
legitimate drama ,
lifework ,
line ,
line of business ,
line of work ,
liturgy ,
love story ,
marvelousness ,
masque ,
matter of ignorance ,
melodrama ,
metier ,
mind -
boggler ,
minstrel show ,
miracle ,
miracle play ,
miraculousness ,
mission ,
mode of worship ,
monodrama ,
monologue ,
morality ,
morality play ,
mumbo jumbo ,
music drama ,
musical revue ,
mysteriousness ,
mystery of mysteries ,
mystery play ,
mystery story ,
mysticism ,
mystification ,
myth ,
mythology ,
mythos ,
n ,
nebulousness ,
nonplus ,
number ,
numinousness ,
nursery tale ,
nut to crack ,
obscurity ,
observance ,
occultism ,
occupation ,
office ,
opera ,
order of worship ,
ordinance ,
otherworldliness ,
pageant ,
panel show ,
pantomime ,
parable ,
pastoral ,
pastoral drama ,
perplexed question ,
perplexity ,
personal matter ,
perturbation ,
phenomenalness ,
pickle ,
piece ,
play ,
playlet ,
plight ,
poser ,
pother ,
practice ,
predicament ,
prescribed form ,
preternaturalism ,
private matter ,
privileged communication ,
privity ,
problem ,
problem play ,
prodigiousness ,
profession ,
profound secret ,
psychodrama ,
pursuit ,
puzzle ,
puzzlement ,
puzzler ,
quandary ,
question ,
question mark ,
quiz show ,
racket ,
radio drama ,
remarkableness ,
restricted information ,
review ,
revue ,
riddle ,
rite ,
ritual ,
ritual observance ,
rituality ,
romance ,
sacrament ,
sacramental ,
science fiction ,
scrape ,
sealed book ,
secrecy ,
secret ,
seductiveness ,
sensational play ,
serial ,
service ,
shocker ,
show ,
sitcom ,
situation comedy ,
sixty -
four dollar question ,
sketch ,
skit ,
soap ,
soap opera ,
sociodrama ,
solemnity ,
space fiction ,
space opera ,
specialization ,
specialty ,
spectacle ,
stage play ,
stage show ,
stew ,
sticker ,
straight drama ,
stumper ,
stupendousness ,
success ,
superhumanity ,
supernaturalism ,
supernaturality ,
supernaturalness ,
supernature ,
supernormalness ,
superphysicalness ,
supersensibleness ,
supranaturalism ,
supranature ,
suspense drama ,
suspense story ,
symbolics ,
symbolism ,
tableau ,
tableau vivant ,
talk show ,
teleplay ,
television drama ,
television play ,
terra incognita ,
the incalculable ,
the occult ,
the strange ,
the supernatural ,
the supersensible ,
the unfamiliar ,
the unknowable ,
the unknown ,
theater of cruelty ,
thriller ,
total theater ,
tough proposition ,
trade ,
transcendentalism ,
unaccountableness ,
unassuredness ,
undefinability ,
unearthliness ,
unexplainableness ,
unexplored ground ,
unexplored territory ,
unknown quantity ,
unworldliness ,
upset ,
vagueness ,
variety show ,
vaudeville ,
vaudeville show ,
vehicle ,
vexed question ,
vocation ,
walk ,
walk of life ,
whodunit ,
why ,
witchery ,
wonderfulness ,
wondrousness ,
word -
of -
mouth success ,
work ,
work of fiction ,
x ,
yoga ,
yogeeism ,
yogism ,
z
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