scry

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A cry or shout. obsolete
动词 v.
  1. To magically or supernaturally look into or (as an entertainer) predict (the future), using crystal balls or other objects.
    — The fortune teller claimed she could scry [into] the future.
  2. To proclaim. obsolete
  3. To use magical means to see or look into (something that is happening outside one's sight, e.g. inside a building or far away, or in the distant past, or future, etc).
    — Scrying spells can simply toggle the state of hidden objects to the revealed state, […]
  4. To descry; to see. obsolete
    — […]two ſhepheards curres, had ſcryde A rauenous Wolfe amongſt the ſcattered flockes.

词形变化

scries present,singular,third-person scrying participle,present scried participle,past scried past skry alternative scries plural skry alternative scries present,singular,third-person scrying participle,present scried participle,past scried past skry alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
scryer scrying

词源

词源 1
From Middle English scrien, scryen, a shortened form of Middle English ascrien, from Old French escrier (“to cry out”). Influenced by Middle English descrien (“to descry”).
词源 2
From Middle English ascry, ascrie, escrie, from Anglo-Norman ascri, from Old French escri.
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