Witch

[wɪtʃ]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a being (usually female) imagined to have special powers derived from the devil.

布什校對--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat, and used as a taper.

(n.) One who practices the black art, or magic; one regarded as possessing supernatural or magical power by compact with an evil spirit, esp. with the Devil; a sorcerer or sorceress; -- now applied chiefly or only to women, but formerly used of men as well.

(n.) An ugly old woman; a hag.

(n.) One who exercises more than common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person; also, one given to mischief; -- said especially of a woman or child.

(n.) A certain curve of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera.

(n.) The stormy petrel.

(v. t.) To bewitch; to fascinate; to enchant.

贝丽尔整理

同義詞及近義詞：

n. Sorceress.

v. a. Charm, enchant, fascinate, captivate, ravish, bewitch.

手打:路德维格

解釋/意思:

n. a woman regarded as having supernatural or magical power and knowledge through compact with the devil or some minor evil spirit: a hag crone: (coll.) a fascinating young girl: (Shak.) a wizard.—v.t. to bewitch to effect by means of witchcraft.—ns. Witch′craft the craft or practice of witches: the black art sorcery: supernatural power; Witch′-doc′tor a medicine-man; Witch′ery witchcraft: fascination; Witch′es'-broom a popular name for the broom-like tufts of branches developed on the silver-fir birch cherry &c. by means of an uredineous fungus; Witch′es'-but′ter a dark-brown fungus (see Nostoc); Witch′es'-thim′ble the sea-campion; Witch′-find′er one whose business was to detect witches.—adj. Witch′ing weird: fascinating.—adv. Witch′ingly.—ns. Witch′-knot a knot esp. in the hair tied by means of witchcraft; Witch′-meal the inflammable pollen of the club-moss.—adj. Witch′-ridd′en ridden by witches.—n. Witch′-wife a woman who practises witchcraft.

n. the common wild elm—also Witch′-hā′zel.—n. Witch′en the mountain-ash or rowan.

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