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mag·ic AHD[măjʹĭk] D.J.[ˈmædʒɪk]K.K.[ˈmædʒɪk]n.(名词)- The art that purports to control or forecast natural events, effects, or forces by invoking the supernatural.巫术:通过祁求神灵而达到得以控制或预测自然事件、结果或者力量目的手段
- The practice of using charms, spells, or rituals to attempt to produce supernatural effects or control events in nature.魔法,施巫术:运用魔力、咒语或者宗教仪式来试图产生超自然的结果或者控制自然中的事件
- The charms, spells, and rituals so used.巫术仪式:被这样运用的魔力、咒语宗教仪式
- The exercise of sleight of hand or conjuring for entertainment.魔术,变戏法:用来娱乐的手耍花招或者戏法
- A mysterious quality of enchantment:魔力,魅力:一种神秘的诱惑力量:"For me the names of those men breathed the magic of the past"(Max Beerbohm)“对我来说,那些人的名字带着昔日神秘的魅力”(马克思·比尔博姆)
adj.(形容词)- Of, relating to, or invoking the supernatural:巫术的:神灵的、与神灵有关的或祈求神灵的:"stubborn unlaid ghost/That breaks his magic chains at curfew time"(John Milton)“坚持不眠的幽灵/在宵禁时分解除了他的魔法链”(约翰·米尔顿)
- Possessing distinctive qualities that produce unaccountable or baffling effects.有魔力的:拥有特殊的能产生令人无法预计或使人迷惑效果的能力的
v.tr.(及物动词)mag.icked, mag.ick.ing, mag.ics - To produce or make by or as if by magic.似用魔法变成的
- Middle English magik 中古英语 magik
- from Old French magique 源自 古法语 magique
- from Late Latin magica 源自 后期拉丁语 magica
- from Latin magicē 源自 拉丁语 magicē
- from Greek magikē [from feminine of] magikos [Magian, magical] 源自 希腊语 magikē 源自magikos的阴性词 [巫术师,巫术的]
- from magos [magician, magus] * see magus 源自 magos [魔术师,星术学] * 参见 magus
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