synaesthesia

英 [,sɪnɪs'θiːzɪə] 美 [,sɪnəs'θiʒə]

synaesthesia (n.): also synesthesia, "sensation in one part of the body produced by stimulus in another," 1881, in some cases via French, from Modern Latin, from Greek syn- "together" (see syn-) + aisthe "to feel, perceive," related to aisthesis "feeling," from PIE root *au- "to perceive" (see audience) + abstract noun ending -ia. Also psychologically, of the senses (colors that seem to the perceiver to having odor, etc.), from 1891. Related: Synaesthetic (adj.).

1. Synaesthesia is a linguistic and also a psychological phenomenon.: 通感既是一种心理现象,又是一种语言现象.

2. Synaesthesia is one of the most important artistic forms in modern Chinese and western poetry.: 通感是中西方现代主义诗歌最重要的形式技巧之一.

3. How synaesthesia starts ( in other words, how the connections become so strong ) is also unclear.: 感观联觉是如何形成的 ( 者说, 人脑内部的连通是如何变得这么紧密的 ) 然是个迷.

4. People with synaesthesia, perhaps one in 2,000 by conservative estimates, get two - for - one sensory experiences.: 拥有通感的人们, 也许保守估计2,000个人中有一个, 有过一到二个感官体验.