charm

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /tʃɑːm/    美 /t͡ʃɑɹm/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a positive connotation). countable,uncountable
    — a charm against evil
  2. The mixed sound of many voices, especially of birds or children.
    — […]Free libertie to chaunt our charmes at will:[…]
  3. The ability to persuade, delight or arouse admiration. countable,in-plural,often,uncountable
    — He had great personal charm.
  4. A flock, group (especially of finches).
    — A charm of finches flew overhead, singing into the vivid afternoon sky.
  5. A small trinket on a bracelet or chain, etc., traditionally supposed to confer luck upon the wearer. countable,uncountable
    — She wears a charm bracelet on her wrist.
  6. The collective noun for a group of goldfinches. countable,uncountable
  7. A quantum number of hadrons determined by the number of charm quarks and antiquarks. countable,particle,uncountable
    — 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.
  8. A second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the instantaneous rate of change of delta with respect to time. countable,uncountable
  9. An icon providing quick access to a command or setting. countable,uncountable
    — Undoubtedly one of the most important pieces to navigating Windows 8, charms are actually not visible until a command to show them is given.
动词 v.
  1. To seduce, persuade or fascinate someone or something.
    — He charmed her with his dashing tales of his days as a sailor.
  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. transitive
    — After winning three games while wearing the chain, Dan began to think it had been charmed.
  3. To protect with, or make invulnerable by, spells, charms, or supernatural influences.
    — She led a charmed life.
  4. To make music upon. obsolete,rare
    — 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: […]

词形变化

charms plural charme alternative,obsolete charms present,singular,third-person charming participle,present charmed participle,past charmed past charme alternative,obsolete charms plural jarm alternative,dialectal

词汇关系

衍生词
anticharm anti-charm quark becharm charmable charm bracelet charmer charmfest charmful charming charmless charmlet charmlike charm offensive charmonium charm pricing charm school charmstone charm the birds from the trees …out of… charm a bird off a branch charm up charmwork countercharm decharm discharm encharm exocharmic like a charm love charm lucky charm outcharm scharm scharm squark third time is the charm …'s the… …’s a… three times a charm uncharm watch charm

词源

词源 1
From Middle English charme, from Old French charme (“chant, magic spell”), from Latin carmen (“song, incantation”).
词源 2
Synchronically a variant of chirm, but reflects Middle English charme (or unattested *charm), from Old English ċearm (“cry, alarm”), from Proto-West Germanic *karm, masculine variant of *karmi f, from Proto-Germanic *karmiz, *karm(j)az (“cry, lament, calling sound”). Near-doublet of chirm, which is from the feminine counterpart.
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