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单词 animal magnetism
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Definition of animal magnetism in English:

animal magnetism

noun
mass noun
  • 1A quality of sexual attractiveness.

    性吸引力

    he had an animal magnetism that women found irresistible

    他的性吸引力让女人无法抗拒。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • An entire episode is devoted to Chris's animal magnetism with women, and how it has both positives and negatives.
    • I, and I think the vast majority of the audience, enjoyed the virtuoso performance of Gambon, with its accompanying belly laughs, and the female members at least, the display of male animal magnetism.
    • Her every pore exuded an earthy yet youthful animal magnetism.
    • Lee overwhelms his female victims with sheer animal magnetism, rather than a combination of stilted attempts at charm and mesmerism.
    • She admits that there's something more at work in human love than a finely tuned, highly evolved animal magnetism.
    • Will love interest, Rianna (cutie Colleen from Survivor) be swept away by his animal magnetism?
    • This was and could still be (one imagines) an actor with a rare gift: he portrays menace with a great undercurrent of charm and animal magnetism.
    • From the Beatles and Stones to Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison, by and large, the biggest stars were the best musicians and the finest singers; they also tended to be the best looking, the ones most endowed with animal magnetism and charisma.
    • The stranger has animal magnetism, but no other bestial quality.
    • First of all, Elvis Presley had a really rare animal magnetism.
    • He wasn't sexy and didn't swagger with untamed animal magnetism.
    • In ‘Reynardine,’ a young woman meets a stranger in the mountains and is ensnared by his animal magnetism.
    • Now everybody wants leaders with animal magnetism and cinematic glamour.
    • Ruffalo, one of the rising stars of American cinema, gives a smouldering performance that combines animal magnetism with a sly awareness of his social and intellectual inferiority to Ryan's Avery.
    Synonyms
    allure, attraction, fascination, enchantment, appeal, draw, drawing power, pull, charm, seductiveness, sexual magnetism, magic, spell, charisma
  • 2historical A supposed emanation to which the action of mesmerism was ascribed.

    〈史〉动物磁力(催眠力的假定成因)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Franz Anton Mesmer presented 27 propositions about animal magnetism in his Memoire sur Ia Decouverte du Magnetisme Animal, published in 1779.
    • When his subjects were in such states, Mesmer claimed that he could restore the equilibrium of the body's supply of animal magnetism and cure all ills.
    • There are many theories to attempt to explain how Psychokinesis actually works, from basic ectoplasmic to animal magnetism.
    • While basically conceptualizing animal magnetism as a dynamic physical fluid, Mesmer was also aware of the impact of rapport and affect in the enhancement of magnetic treatment.
    • Yes, that's right, mesmerism, it was an early form of hypnosis; it was based on the idea of animal magnetism, and if you conducted certain passes and gestures, literally gestured hypnotically, then the person would go into a trance.

Definition of animal magnetism in US English:

animal magnetism

noun
  • 1A quality of sexual attractiveness.

    性吸引力

    he had an animal magnetism that women found irresistible

    他的性吸引力让女人无法抗拒。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Ruffalo, one of the rising stars of American cinema, gives a smouldering performance that combines animal magnetism with a sly awareness of his social and intellectual inferiority to Ryan's Avery.
    • This was and could still be (one imagines) an actor with a rare gift: he portrays menace with a great undercurrent of charm and animal magnetism.
    • In ‘Reynardine,’ a young woman meets a stranger in the mountains and is ensnared by his animal magnetism.
    • He wasn't sexy and didn't swagger with untamed animal magnetism.
    • First of all, Elvis Presley had a really rare animal magnetism.
    • The stranger has animal magnetism, but no other bestial quality.
    • Lee overwhelms his female victims with sheer animal magnetism, rather than a combination of stilted attempts at charm and mesmerism.
    • I, and I think the vast majority of the audience, enjoyed the virtuoso performance of Gambon, with its accompanying belly laughs, and the female members at least, the display of male animal magnetism.
    • She admits that there's something more at work in human love than a finely tuned, highly evolved animal magnetism.
    • Her every pore exuded an earthy yet youthful animal magnetism.
    • Will love interest, Rianna (cutie Colleen from Survivor) be swept away by his animal magnetism?
    • An entire episode is devoted to Chris's animal magnetism with women, and how it has both positives and negatives.
    • Now everybody wants leaders with animal magnetism and cinematic glamour.
    • From the Beatles and Stones to Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison, by and large, the biggest stars were the best musicians and the finest singers; they also tended to be the best looking, the ones most endowed with animal magnetism and charisma.
    Synonyms
    allure, attraction, fascination, enchantment, appeal, draw, drawing power, pull, charm, seductiveness, sexual magnetism, magic, spell, charisma
  • 2historical A supposed emanation to which the action of hypnotism was ascribed.

    〈史〉动物磁力(催眠力的假定成因)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Yes, that's right, mesmerism, it was an early form of hypnosis; it was based on the idea of animal magnetism, and if you conducted certain passes and gestures, literally gestured hypnotically, then the person would go into a trance.
    • There are many theories to attempt to explain how Psychokinesis actually works, from basic ectoplasmic to animal magnetism.
    • When his subjects were in such states, Mesmer claimed that he could restore the equilibrium of the body's supply of animal magnetism and cure all ills.
    • Franz Anton Mesmer presented 27 propositions about animal magnetism in his Memoire sur Ia Decouverte du Magnetisme Animal, published in 1779.
    • While basically conceptualizing animal magnetism as a dynamic physical fluid, Mesmer was also aware of the impact of rapport and affect in the enhancement of magnetic treatment.
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