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table tipping

/ˈteɪbəl ˈtɪpɪŋ/

翻译: 19世纪至20世纪初的一种唯灵论实践,参与者围坐在桌旁,双手放在桌上,试图通过桌子的移动、倾斜或敲击声与灵体沟通。被视为降神会的一种形式,如今主要被认为是伪科学或沙龙把戏。

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/ˈteɪbəl ˈtɪpɪŋ/C1formal已废弃
  • zh19世纪至20世纪初的一种唯灵论实践,参与者围坐在桌旁,双手放在桌上,试图通过桌子的移动、倾斜或敲击声与灵体沟通。被视为降神会的一种形式,如今主要被认为是伪科学或沙龙把戏。

A spiritualist practice from the 19th and early 20th centuries where participants sit around a table, place their hands on it, and attempt to communicate with spirits through the table's movements, tilting, or knocking. Considered a form of séance and now largely regarded as pseudoscience or a party trick.

  1. Spiritualist practiceC1formal

    A practice where participants sit around a table, place their hands on it, and attempt to communicate with spirits, believing the table will move or tilt in response.

    zh桌灵转

    • The Victorians were fascinated by table tipping as a form of entertainment.
    • They tried table tipping to contact a deceased relative.
    • Skeptics argue that table tipping is caused by unconscious muscle movements.