水晶球

crystal ball───（占卜用的）水晶球；预言未来的方法

crystal balls───（占卜用的）水晶球；预言未来的方法

a close call───侥幸的脱险

carry the ball───翻腕违例（NBA战术术语）；携带球；负起责任

coal ball───煤球；[地质]煤结核；[地质][植]煤层石球

crystal class───[晶体]晶类；晶族

crystal form───晶状

crystal gazer───水晶球占卜术，看晶术，揣测(crystalgazing的变形)

crystal glass───水晶玻璃；结晶玻璃；晶质玻璃；[玻璃]富铅玻璃

After I had given her some money, she looked into a crystal ball and said: 'a relation of yours is coming to see you.───我给了她一些钱后，她便查看着一个水晶球说道：“您的一个亲戚就要来看您了。”

Without a crystal ball, it's impossible to say where we'll be next year.───不用水晶球预卜未来，我们说不准明年处境如何呀。

For the national interest, the defence interest, I think it's important to realise that 2040 is not a crystal ball prediction.───对于国家利益，防卫利益，我们能认识到，2040年将是十分重要的一个年限，它也不仅仅是水晶球所预测的内容。

It doesn't take a crystal ball -- or reams of data -- to say that the 2012 presidential election is going to be close.───不需要掷水晶球——或者数字游戏——也就是说2012年的总统选举将会势均力敌。

A crystal ball is actually a glass ball, in which the fortuneteller is supposed to be able to see a picture of some future event.───水晶球实际上是玻璃球，据说能从中看到未知事件的画面。

I haven't got a crystal ball so I do not know which horse is going to win the Derby.───我没有掌握预言未来的方法，因此我不知道哪一匹马会赢得大赛马的胜利。

It was almost as though he had looked into a crystal ball, and seen Andy Warhol, in his fright wig, staring back at him.───这几乎好像是说他已经仔细审视了这个水晶球，从中看到了带着那顶吓人帽子的安迪·沃霍尔，正凝视着他的背后。

He gave some money fortuneteller fortunetelling people took out a crystal ball and watch it.───他给了算命人一些钱，算命人拿出了一个水晶球并看着它说。

And I had a lot of -- always interested in the concept of a crystal ball.───我对于-水晶球的想法特别感兴趣。

Happiness was a crystal ball.

The magician in the fairytale usually uses a crystal ball to predict the future.

Had herself a tarot deck and a crystal ball and told people whatever stupid malarkey they wanted to hear.

You are on a globe that looks like a crystal ball or a marble in a light bed of cotton wool.

A seer gazes intently into a crystal ball before him.

Without a crystal ball, it's impossible to say where we'll be next year.

A crystal ball in which one can call up the past?

Or maybe you have seen a crystal ball containing a tiny house which you can shake to produce a brilliant snowstorm?

But it doesn't take a crystal ball to figure out the diminishing returns involved in planning programmes around such disposable performers.