Incantation
[ɪnkæn'teɪʃ(ə)n] or [,ɪnkæn'teʃən]
解释:
(noun.) a ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect.
录入:弗农--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The act or process of using formulas sung or spoken, with occult ceremonies, for the purpose of raising spirits, producing enchantment, or affecting other magical results; enchantment.
(n.) A formula of words used as above.
贝拉编辑
同义词及近义词：
n. Conjuration, sorcery, charm, spell, enchantment, magic, necromancy, witchery, witchcraft.
手打:朱迪
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Recitation, spell, charm, invocation
ANT:Exorcism, evocation
整理:凯瑟琳
解释:
n. a formula of words said or sung in connection with certain ceremonies for purposes of enchantment.—n. In′cantātor.—adj. Incan′tatory.
乔纳森手打
娱乐性解释：
To dream you are using incantations, signifies unpleasantness between husband and wife, or sweethearts. To hear others repeating them, implies dissembling among your friends.
阿蒂整理
例句:
- I will teach her to throw spell and incantation over the soldiers of the blessed Temple. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- They all stood in amazement, smiling uncannily, as if the rabbit were obeying some unknown incantation. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- The Babylonian books of medic ine contained strange interminglings of prescription and incantation. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- Hagar, the witch, chanted an awful incantation over her kettleful of simmering toads, with weird effect. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- And all the while, Ursula, spell-bound, kept up her high-pitched thin, irrelevant song, which pierced the fading evening like an incantation. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- The effect of this scene of incantation communicated a portion of its power to that which followed. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- This incantation to the moon. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- As to his religious notions--why, as Voltaire said, incantations will destroy a flock of sheep if administered with a certain quantity of arsenic. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- There was no effective prohibition of superstitious practices, spirit raising, incantations, prostrations, and supplementary worships. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- There is no evi dence of a tendency to homeopathy, but mental healing seems to have been called into play by the use of numerous spells and incantations. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- I look for the man who will bring the arsenic, and don't mind about his incantations. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
校对:伍德罗