crystal ball

noun
🔊/ˌkrɪstl ˈbɔːl/
🔊/ˌkrɪstl ˈbɔːl/
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  1. a clear glass ball used by people who claim they can predict what will happen in the future by looking into it(占卜用的)水晶球
    • Without a crystal ball, it's impossible to say where we'll be next year.没有水晶球预卜未来,我们说不准明年处境会如何。🔊🔊
    • I can’t look into my crystal ball and tell you what will happen!我不能看一下水晶球就告诉你将要发生什么!
    • I don’t know if it will work—I don’t have a crystal ball.我不知道它是否会管用 - 我没有能预卜未来的水晶球。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + crystal ball
    • gaze into
    • look into
    • have
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