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。
witchnoun詞源 1/wɪt͡ʃ/
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A person (now usually particularly a woman) who uses magical or similar supernatural powers to influence or predict events, particularly one with malicious motives.
- He cannot abide the old woman of Brentford; he swears she's a witch.
- It was easy to understand that they were witches, who had turned themselves into ravens.
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A person who follows Wicca or similar New Age pagan beliefs.
- To be considered a Witch of a particular tradition you will have to be initiated into that tradition by someone else within that tradition, after following their specific program of study.
- For many neopagan witch traditions the moon is seen as both a symbol of the Goddess and of the witch's power, symbolically, and the belief is that the full moon is the best time for all acts of magic.
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derogatoryAn ugly or unpleasant woman.
- I hate that old witch.
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One who exercises more-than-common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person.
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One given to mischief, especially a woman or child.
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geometrymathematicssciencesA certain curve of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera.
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A storm petrel.
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Any of a number of flatfish of species:
另外 3 個記錄的用法
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Any of a number of flatfish of species:
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Any of a number of flatfish of species:
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An Indomalayan butterfly, of Araotes lapithis, of the family Lycaenidae.
witchverb詞源 1/wɪt͡ʃ/
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To dowse for water.
- And I told him there's a vein down there, I know 'caus I used to—uh, I went out here and witched one for this house, at the corner.
- Nothing would make him shut up until I brought my dogwood stick into his office and witched for water.
witchverb詞源 2/wɪt͡ʃ/
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obsoleteTo practise witchcraft.
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To bewitch.
- She has witched the Queen's womb long ago, and witched the whole harvest.
- The little man was seething and shaking, near collapse with fear and anger. “Tell 'em, Alvy.” “A tenday ago, Will came to the Cockatoo acting crazy, so scared he'd pissed hisself. Said the sorcerer had found him in the stables and witched him.”
witchnoun詞源 3/wɪt͡ʃ/
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A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat and used as a taper.
witchnoun詞源 4/wɪt͡ʃ/
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A bitch.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
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。