Wand
[wɒnd] or [wɑnd]
解释:
(noun.) a rod used by a magician or water diviner.
(noun.) a thin supple twig or rod; 'stems bearing slender wands of flowers'.
整理:特蕾西--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A small stick; a rod; a verge.
(n.) A staff of authority.
(n.) A rod used by conjurers, diviners, magicians, etc.
编辑:维姬
同义词及近义词:
n. Rod, stick.
整理:佩吉
解释:
n. a long slender rod: a rod of authority or of conjurers.—adj. Wand′y long and flexible.
校对:拉里
例句:
- It is as useful to a friar as a broomstick to a witch, or a wand to a conjurer. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Locksley returned almost instantly with a willow wand about six feet in length, perfectly straight, and rather thicker than a man's thumb. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- The burning rivers of oil were a reflection of the golden treasures which flowed into the hands and pockets of thousands as from a perpetual fountain touched by some great magician's wand. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- Waving a wand, it sang. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- She might be three feet high, but she had no shape; her skinny hands rested upon each other, and pressed the gold knob of a wand-like ivory staff. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- When the repast was about to commence, the major-domo, or steward, suddenly raising his wand, said aloud,--Forbear! 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- I broke my wand; I threw it from me. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- I took out my wand--I counted the marks. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- A divining rod is a wand or twig of hazel or willow used especially for discovering metallic deposits or water beneath the earth’s surface. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- It is the magician's wand, by means of which he may summon into life whatever form and mould he pleases. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- I hope you have a white wand. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- We rise; one wand'ring thought pollutes the day. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
- Order, comfort, and even health, rose under his influence, as from the touch of a magician's wand. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- No full-bottomed wig, no red petticoats, no fur, no javelin-men, no white wands. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
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