witchery

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Witchcraft. uncountable
    — You are right to some extent in what you say. In the olden days people had a stronger belief in all kinds of witchery; now they pretend not to believe in it, that they may be looked upon as sensible and educated people, as you say.
  2. An act of witchcraft. countable
    — It may be they know something of the witcheries of this woman.
  3. Allure, charm, magic. figuratively,uncountable
    — At noon, when by the forest's edge / He lay beneath the branches high, / The soft blue sky did never melt / Into his heart,—he never felt / The witchery of the soft blue sky!

词形变化

witcheries plural

词源

Etymology tree
Old English wiċċe
Proto-Germanic *wikkōną
Proto-West Germanic *wikkōn
Proto-West Germanic *-ō
Proto-West Germanic *wikkō
Old English wiċċa
Middle English wicche
English witch
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -ārius
Old French -ier
Latin -ia
Old French -ie
Old French -eriebor.
Middle English -erie
English -ery
English witchery
From witch + -ery.
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