核心畫面
Think of a secret power that makes impossible things happen — say the right words, and what shouldn't be able to happen, does. Every 'magic' keeps a thread of that: either the real fairy-tale power, the stage trick that it, or the everyday wonder of something working as if by that power.
可以想成一種看不見的神秘力量,能讓不可能的事發生——念對咒語,本來做不到的事就成真了。magic 每個用法都牽著這條…更多收起
可以想成一種看不見的神秘力量,能讓不可能的事發生——念對咒語,本來做不到的事就成真了。magic 每個用法都牽著這條線:有的是童話裡真正的魔法,有的是舞台上模仿它的魔術,有的是日常中那種「好像有股魔力」的奇妙感——東西特別美、特別有效、或一下子就成了,彷彿背後有股說不清的力量在運作。原始詞典資料17 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Magicname
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An Allied cryptanalysis project, during and prior to World War II, that decrypted Japanese messages.
magicnoun/ˈmad͡ʒɪk/
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The application of rituals or actions, especially those based on occult knowledge, to subdue or manipulate natural or supernatural beings and forces in order to have some benefit from them.
- “My magic will help you find true love,” said the witch as she looked for the right herbs in her collection.
- And whan he shall be arrayed as I telle you / lete hym thenne doo his incantacyons & his magyke as he wyll […].
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The application of rituals or actions, especially those based on occult knowledge, to subdue or manipulate natural or supernatural beings and forces in order to have some benefit from them.
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rareThe application of rituals or actions, especially those based on occult knowledge, to subdue or manipulate natural or supernatural beings and forces in order to have some benefit from them.
- And she can turn people into stone and do all kinds of horrible things. And she has made a magic so that it is always winter in Narnia—always winter, but it never gets to Christmas.
- "I am the master of mighty magics."
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gamesgamingThe application of rituals or actions, especially those based on occult knowledge, to subdue or manipulate natural or supernatural beings and forces in order to have some benefit from them.
- I learned a new magic after rescuing the tree fairy.
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Something producing successful and remarkable results, especially when not fully understood; an enchanting quality; exceptional skill.
- The original family who had begun to build a palace to outrival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, so that the actual structure which had come down to posterity retained the secret magic of a promise rather than the overpowering splendour of a great architectural achievement.
- I look at him and there is a magic. What is it? Love?
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slangcomputingengineeringmathematicsSomething producing successful and remarkable results, especially when not fully understood; an enchanting quality; exceptional skill.
- The stringstream class hides a lot of string parsing magic from us at this point.
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entertainmentlifestyleThe art or practice of performing conjuring tricks and illusions to give the appearance of supernatural phenomena or powers.
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entertainmentlifestyleThe art or practice of performing conjuring tricks and illusions to give the appearance of supernatural phenomena or powers.
magicadj/ˈmad͡ʒɪk/
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Having supernatural talents, properties or qualities attributed to magic.
- a magic wand
- a magic dragon
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Producing extraordinary results, as though through the use of magic.
- a magic moment
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Pertaining to conjuring tricks or illusions performed for entertainment etc.
- a magic show
- a magic trick
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Great; excellent.
- I cleaned up the flat while you were out. —Really? Magic!
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natural-sciencesphysical-sciencesphysicsDescribing the number of nucleons in a particularly stable isotopic nucleus; 2, 8, 20, 28, 50, 82, 126, and 184.
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computingengineeringmathematicsBeing a literal number or string value with no meaning or context, not defined as a constant or variable
- The code is full of magic numbers and we can't figure out what they mean.
magicverb/ˈmad͡ʒɪk/
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To produce, transform (something), (as if) by magic.
- He pictured them standing about the dim hallway, magicked into immobility, glazed and mute, one with a hand raised, another bending to set down a bag, and Licht before them, nodding and twitching like a marionette, as usual.
- The Western professionals magic so much money offshore that it is impossible to put a reliable figure on it.
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資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。