enchanter
n. 巫师, 魔法师
发音
UK
/ɪnˈtʃɑːntə/
其它
UK
/ənˈtʃɑːntə/
UK
/ɛnˈtʃɑːntə/
US
/ɪnˈt͡ʃæntɚ/
US
/ɛnˈt͡ʃæntɚ/
词形变化
enchanters
复数
enchanters
别名
enchaunter
enchantor
inchantor
enchantour
enchauntour
inchanter
enchauntor
释义与例句
n.
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1.
One who enchants or delights.
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2.
A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer who specializes in enchantments.
魔法师
1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Book One, Indianapolis: Hackett, 2006, Canto VII, stanza 35, p. 113, No magicke arts hereof had any might, / Nor bloody wordes of bold Enchaunters call, / But all that was not such, as seemd in sight, / Before that shield did fade, and suddeine fall:
词汇关系
词源
From Middle English enchantour, from Old French enchanteor (Modern French enchanteur), from Latin incantātor (“enchanter; spellcaster; conjurer”), from incantāre (“to sing, to consecrate with spells”). Doublet of incantator. Equivalent to enchant + -er.
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