water-witch

短语

词形变化

water-witches 复数

别名

water witch

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A grebe

    […] I knew that another pair of Grebes had chosen this secluded pond for their home. Careful search revealed only a deserted or incompleted nest, and I continued until I came to a weedy stretch. Examining it with binoculars, before entering, as it was quite open, I espied another of these elusive water-witches upon its nest.

  2. 2.

    A grebe:

    In particular, the pied-billed grebe.

  3. 3.

    The storm petrel.

    英国 方言
  4. 4.

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: a witch who lives in, controls, is able to dowse or find, or is otherwise connected with, water.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

woman dowser rhabdomancer

词源

Grebes are so called due to their ability to evade hunters and predators by disappearing underwater. Storm petrels are so called due to the folk belief that their arrival foretells approaching storms. Both birds also sometimes walk on water.

来源：wiktionary