charmnoun詞源 1/tʃɑːm/

• 1

  An object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a positive connotation).

  • a charm against evil
  • It works like a charm.
• 2

  The ability to persuade, delight or arouse admiration.

  • He had great personal charm.
  • She tried to win him over with her charms.
• 3

  A small trinket on a bracelet or chain, etc., traditionally supposed to confer luck upon the wearer.

  • She wears a charm bracelet on her wrist.
• 4

  A group of goldfinches or other songbirds, or sometimes hummingbirds.

  • It's a charm of hummingbirds, a rare sight.
  • Nearby, a charm of nightingales flooded the daylit branches of a wood.
• 5

  natural-sciencesphysical-sciencesphysicsA quantum number of hadrons determined by the number of charm quarks and antiquarks.

  • In trying to understand the long life of the psi particle, physicists postulated the notion of “charm.” Charm, they say, prevents the “easy” decay of particles and thus prolongs their lifetimes. U particles, Dr. Pert said, may carry the property of charm.
  • Mesons which combine the charmed quark with the up or down antiquarks are denoted the D mesons. These mesons carry explicit charm (i.e. have a non-zero charm quantum number), just as the K mesons carry strangeness.
• 6

  businessfinanceA second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the instantaneous rate of change of delta with respect to time.

• 7

  computingengineeringgraphical-user-interfaceAn icon providing quick access to a command or setting.

  • Undoubtedly one of the most important pieces to navigating Windows 8, charms are actually not visible until a command to show them is given.

charmverb詞源 1/tʃɑːm/

• 1

  To seduce, persuade or fascinate someone or something.

  • He charmed her with his dashing tales of his days as a sailor.
  • […]they, on thir mirth & dance / Intent, with jocond Muſic charm his ear;
• 2

  To use a magical charm upon; to subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence; to ensorcel or exert a magical effect on.

  • After winning three games while wearing the chain, Dan began to think it had been charmed.
  • Nor no witch-craft charme thee.
• 3

  To protect with, or make invulnerable by, spells, charms, or supernatural influences.

  • She led a charmed life.
  • I, in mine owne woe charm’d, / Could not finde death,[…]
• 4

  obsoleterareTo make music upon.

  • But ah my corage cooles ere it be warme, / For thy, content vs in thys humble ſhade: / Where no ſuch troublous tydes han vs aſſayde, / Here we our ſlender pipes may ſafely charme.
• 5

  To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe.

  • Music the fierceſt griefs can charm, / And fate's ſevereſt rage diſarm: […]

charmnoun詞源 2/tʃɑːm/

• 1

  The mixed sound of many voices, especially of birds or children.

  • […]Free libertie to chaunt our charmes at will:[…]
  • Sweet is the breath of morn, her riſing ſweet, With charm of earlieſt Birds;
• 2

  A flock, group (especially of finches).

  • A charm of finches flew overhead, singing into the vivid afternoon sky.