witch

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n. 巫婆, 女巫 vt. 施巫术, 迷惑

发音

US /wɪt͡ʃ/

词形变化

witches 复数 witches 三单 witching 现在分词 witched 过去式 witched 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person (now usually particularly a woman) who uses magical or similar supernatural powers to influence or predict events.

    巫婆

    巫人

    女巫

    神婆

    魔女

    女妖

    师婆

    神姐

  2. 2.

    A person who follows Wicca or similar New Age pagan beliefs.

  3. 3.

    An ugly or unpleasant woman.

    魔女

    贬义 比喻

    I hate that old witch.

  4. 4.

    A storm petrel.

  5. 5.

    Any of a number of flatfish of species:

    Glyptocephalus cynoglossus, the witch flounder or Torbay sole, found in the North Atlantic.

  6. 6.

    Any of a number of flatfish of species:

    Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis (megrim), found in the North Atlantic.

  7. 7.

    One who exercises more-than-common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person.

  8. 8.

    One given to mischief, especially a woman or child.

  9. 9.

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

    数学
  10. 10.

    Any of a number of flatfish of species:

    Arnoglossus scapha, found near New Zealand.

  11. 11.

    An Indomalayan butterfly, of Araotes lapithis, of the family Lycaenidae.

  12. 1.

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

  13. 1.

    A bitch.

    委婉
v.
  1. 1.

    To dowse for water.

    不及物
  2. 1.

    To practise witchcraft.

    不及物 废旧
  3. 2.

    To bewitch.

    及物

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词源

The noun is from Middle English wicche, from Old English wiċċe (“witch (female), sorceress”) and wiċċa (“witch (male), sorcerer, warlock”), deverbative from wiċċian (“to practice sorcery”), from Proto-Germanic *wikkōną (compare West Frisian wikje, wikke (“to foretell, warn”), German Low German wicken (“to soothsay”), Dutch wikken, wichelen (“to dowse, divine”)), from Proto-Indo-European *wik-néh₂-, derivation of *weyk- (“to consecrate; separate”); akin to Latin victima (“sacrificial victim”), Lithuanian viẽkas (“life-force”), Sanskrit विनक्ति (vinákti, “to set apart, separate out”). Possibly related to wicked; see that entry for more. The verb derives from the noun.

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