mystery
noun/ˈmɪstəri/
(plural mysteries)
Слово англійською: mystery
Переклад mystery українською: таємни́ця
Детальний опис
- [countable] something that is difficult to understand or to explain
- It is one of the great unsolved mysteries of this century.
- Their motives remain a mystery.
- She tried to solve the mystery of the boy's sudden death.
- It is a mystery to somebody why, how, etc… It's a complete mystery to me why they chose him.
- [countable] (often used as an adjective) a person or thing that is strange and interesting because you do not know much about them or it
- He's a bit of a mystery.
- There was a mystery guest on the programme.
- The mystery man's identity remains hidden.
- a mystery disease/illness/virus
- (British English) a mystery tour (= when you do not know where you are going)
- mystery to somebody My sister is a complete mystery to me.
- [uncountable] the quality of being difficult to understand or to explain, especially when this makes somebody/something seem interesting and exciting
- Mystery surrounds her disappearance.
- His past is shrouded in mystery (= not much is known about it).
- The dark glasses give her an air of mystery.
- She’s a woman of mystery.
- [countable] a story, a film or a play in which crimes and strange events are only explained at the end
- He is the author of several murder mysteries.
- The film is based on Daphne DuMaurier's mystery novel, ‘Rebecca’.
- mysteries[plural] secret religious ceremonies; secret knowledge
- (figurative) the teacher who initiated me into the mysteries of mathematics
- [countable] a religious belief that cannot be explained or proved in a scientific way
- the mystery of creation
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘mystic presence, hidden religious symbolism’): from Old French mistere or Latin mysterium, from Greek mustērion; related to mystic.