Palmistry 指“手相术 / 看手相”：通过观察手掌的纹路、形状等来推测一个人的性格、命运或未来的一种民俗占卜做法。（也常称 chiromancy；另有其他较少见含义。）
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She had her palm read at a street market and became curious about palmistry.
她在街头集市让人看了手相，于是对手相术产生了兴趣。
Although he studied psychology, he wrote an essay comparing palmistry with modern personality tests and why people find both convincing.
尽管他学习心理学，他仍写了一篇文章，将手相术与现代人格测验作比较，并探讨为何人们会觉得两者都很有说服力。
Palmistry 由 palm（手掌）+ -istry（表示“技艺、学问”的后缀）构成，字面意思是“关于手掌的技艺/学问”。它与 chiromancy（源自希腊语 kheir“手” + manteia“占卜”）在意义上相近。
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