Incantation
[ɪnkæn'teɪʃ(ə)n] or [,ɪnkæn'teʃən]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect.
錄入:弗农--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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.
贝拉編輯
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Conjuration, sorcery, charm, spell, enchantment, magic, necromancy, witchery, witchcraft.
手打:朱迪
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Recitation, spell, charm, invocation
ANT:Exorcism, evocation
整理:凯瑟琳
解釋/意思:
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
娱乐性解釋/意思：
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/造句/用法:
- I will teach her to throw spell and incantation over the soldiers of the blessed Temple. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- They all stood in amazement, smiling uncannily, as if the rabbit were obeying some unknown incantation. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- The Babylonian books of medic ine contained strange interminglings of prescription and incantation. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Hagar, the witch, chanted an awful incantation over her kettleful of simmering toads, with weird effect. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- And all the while, Ursula, spell-bound, kept up her high-pitched thin, irrelevant song, which pierced the fading evening like an incantation. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- The effect of this scene of incantation communicated a portion of its power to that which followed. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- This incantation to the moon. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- As to his religious notions--why, as Voltaire said, incantations will destroy a flock of sheep if administered with a certain quantity of arsenic. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- There was no effective prohibition of superstitious practices, spirit raising, incantations, prostrations, and supplementary worships. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- 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. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- I look for the man who will bring the arsenic, and don't mind about his incantations. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
校對:伍德罗