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.
  1. 1.

    One who enchants or delights.

  2. 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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