hallucination
US: /həˌɫusəˈneɪʃən/
UK: /hɐlˌuːsɪnˈeɪʃən/
UK: /hɐlˌuːsɪnˈeɪʃən/
English Vietnamese dictionary
hallucination /hə,lu:si'neiʃn/
- danh từ
- ảo giác
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 [C, U] the fact of seeming to see or hear sb/sth that is not really there, especially because of illness or drugs: to suffer from / have hallucinations + High temperatures can cause hallucination.
2 [C] something that is seen or heard when it is not really there: Was the figure real or just a hallucination?
Help Note: Some people use an instead of a before hallucination and then usually do not pronounce the 'h'. This now sounds old-fashioned.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
fantasy, mirage, day-dream, illusion, delusion, vision, dream, aberration, chimera, phantasm, phantom, figment of the imagination, apparition, spectre, ghost; par'sthesia:
Alone at sea for a fortnight, I began having hallucinations.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
mild | weird | auditory, visual | drug-induced
VERB + HALLUCINATION
have
For a moment I thought I was having hallucinations.
| cause, induce
Concise English dictionary
hallucinationshə‚luːsɪ'neɪʃn
noun
+illusory perception; a common symptom of severe mental disorder
+a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea
+an object perceived during a hallucinatory episode
