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A warlock is a man with magic powers, usually the dark or evil kind. He belongs to stories, films, and games — fantasy worlds, old folk tales, Halloween.
A warlock isWarlock是 a man with magic powers一個擁有魔法能力的男人 usually the dark or evil kind通常是黑暗或邪惡的那種 He belongs to他常出現在 stories, films, and games故事、電影和遊戲裡 fantasy worlds奇幻世界 old folk tales古老的民間傳說 Halloween萬聖節
People often teach it as "the male witch", and that is a fair first answer, but it is not quite true, and the difference is worth knowing. "Witch" itself has never been only for women: a man can be a witch, and men who practise witchcraft today usually call themselves witches, not warlocks. Many of them dislike "warlock" because of where the word comes from — its old meaning was traitor, oath-breaker.
People often teach it as大家常把它教成 "the male witch",「女巫的男性版」 and that is a fair first answer這是一個還算合理的入門答案 but it is not quite true但並不完全正確 and the difference is worth knowing而這個差異值得了解 "Witch" itself"witch(女巫)」這個字本身 has never been only for women從來就不是只用在女性身上 a man can be a witch男人也可以是witch and men who practise witchcraft today而今天真的在修習巫術的男性 usually call themselves witches, not warlocks通常會自稱witch,而不是warlock Many of them dislike他們很多人不喜歡 "warlock""warlock」這個字 because of where the word comes from因為它的字源不太好 its old meaning was traitor, oath-breaker它古老的意思是叛徒、背信者
So in real modern use, warlock mostly lives in fiction. In fantasy games it has become a job title: a warlock is a character class who gets power by making a deal with some dark being, which fits the old sense of the word rather .
So所以 in real modern use在真實的現代用法裡 warlockwarlock mostly lives in fiction主要活在虛構作品裡 In fantasy games在奇幻遊戲裡 it has become a job title它變成了一種職業名稱 a warlockwarlock is a character class是一個職業類別 who gets power靠著取得力量 by making a deal with some dark being跟某種黑暗存在做交易 which fits the old sense of the word rather neatly這其實跟這個字古老的意思意外地吻合
It is a normal countable noun — a warlock, two warlocks.
It is a normal countable noun它是一個普通的可數名詞 a warlock一個warlock two warlocks兩個warlocks
組成From Old English wǣrloga, literally "truce-breaker" — wǣr meant a promise or pact, and loga meant liar. So the oldest meaning was traitor or deceiver. The magic meaning, and the hard -ck spelling, came later from Scotland and northern England, from the idea that such a man had made a deal with the Devil and broken his promise to God.
原始詞典資料2 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。
warlocknoun/ˈwɔː.lɒk/
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A male magic-user; a male equivalent of a witch; a wizard.
- He was himself a warlock, or wizard, which they knew by his taking the witch's part.
- It was the day of warlocks and apparitions, now happily driven out by the zeal of the General Assembly.
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A magic-user (regardless of gender).
- “Is it because she was a warlock?” she asked. “I know different kinds of magic . . .” “No, that's not it, or at least . . .” Mereth paused, collecting her thoughts, then explained, “The warlockry doesn't help, Lady Sarai,[…]”
- It seemed like a strange thing for her to risk on a student she barely knew—but then, she was a warlock. Simon had no idea what they were capable of, but he was getting better at imagining.
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。