wand

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /wɒnd/    美 /wɑnd/|/wɔnd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as a traditional emblem of authority.
    — Then all of a sudden a number of armed men arranged in companies, and marshalled by officers who held ivory wands in their hands, came running swiftly towards us, having, so far as I could make out, emerged from the face of the precipice like ants from their burrows.
  2. A hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as a traditional emblem of authority.; A stick or rod used by a magician (a magic wand), conjurer or diviner (divining rod).
    — Love is that blessed wand which wins the waters from the hardness of the heart.
  3. An instrument shaped like a wand. broadly
    — curling wand
  4. A stick, branch, or stalk, especially of willow.
    — The skillful shepherd peeled me certain wands.
  5. A card of a particular suit of the minor arcana in tarot, the wands.
  6. A player's foot used especially skillfully in football. UK,figuratively,informal
    — Without question, he is the best left-footed player I've ever played with. Along with his wand of a left foot he also has great pace and can be as hard as nails.
动词 v.
  1. To scan (e.g. a passenger at an airport) with a handheld metal detector. transitive
  2. To use a handheld vibrator (the sex toy) on (a person or body part). transitive

词形变化

wands plural wands present,singular,third-person wanding participle,present wanded participle,past wanded past

词汇关系

衍生词
bubble wand fairy wand golden wand knife wand love wand magic wand mill-wand optical wand princess wand royal wand search wand toilet wand violet wand wand mullein wand of peace wandwork wand work water wand handwand

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ-
Proto-Germanic *wanduz
Old Norse vǫndrbor.
Middle English wand
English wand
From Middle English wand, wond, from Old Norse vǫndr (“switch, twig”), from Proto-Germanic *wanduz (“rod”), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to turn, twist, wind, braid”). Cognate with Icelandic vendi (“wand”), Danish vånd (“wand, switch”), German Wand (“wall, septum”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃 (wandus, “rod”).
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ-
Proto-Germanic *wanduz
Old Norse vǫndrbor.
Middle English wand
English wand
From Middle English wand, wond, from Old Norse vǫndr (“switch, twig”), from Proto-Germanic *wanduz (“rod”), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to turn, twist, wind, braid”). Cognate with Icelandic vendi (“wand”), Danish vånd (“wand, switch”), German Wand (“wall, septum”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃 (wandus, “rod”).
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