witching
名词 n.
动词 v.
形容词 adj.
英文释义
名词 n.
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gerund of witch: an act of witchcraft.
— There was a lot of information to draw upon because his occupation exposed him to more witchings every month than most individuals experienced in a life time.
动词 v.
- present participle and gerund of witch
形容词 adj.
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Of or pertaining to witchcraft or sorcery, or to witches or sorcerers.
— 'Tis the witching time of night, / Orbed is the moon and bright, / And the Stars they glisten, glisten, / Seeming with bright eyes to listen.
- Of a person: having the power to bewitch someone or something.
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Bewitching, enchanting.
— But who is this witching beauty by his side, who would fain impress you with a belief that that mischief which will not remain concealed for the briefest period, is not her entire composition?
词汇关系
词源
词源 1
From Middle English wicching, wicchand, equivalent to witch + -ing.
词源 2
From Middle English wicchinge, from Old English wiċċung (“witching, witchcraft”), equivalent to witch + -ing.
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