| 单词 | 巫师 |
| 释义 | 〔haruspex〕A priest in ancient Rome who practiced divination by the inspection of the entrails of animals.肠卜师：古代罗马根据祭神牺牲的肠进行占卜的巫师〔paranormal〕such paranormal phenomena as telepathy; a medium's paranormal powers.像传心术一样的超自然现象；一个巫师超自然的力量〔Uxmal〕An ancient ruined Mayan city of Yucatán in southeast Mexico. It flourished from 600 to 900. The ruins include many impressive structures, such as the Pyramid of the Magician.乌斯马尔：墨西哥东南部尤卡坦州的玛雅人城的遗址。兴盛于600年到900年之间。此遗址有许多给人留下深刻印象的建筑，如巫师金字塔〔powwow〕A ceremony conducted by a shaman, as in the performance of healing or hunting rituals.帕瓦仪式：由巫师主持的仪式，如为祈求病愈或保佑狩猎而举行的仪式〔clairvoyant〕A person, such as a medium, possessing the supposed power of clairvoyance.千里眼：有假想的超视能力的人，如巫师〔magus〕from Latin magī [pl. of] magus [sorcerer, magus] 源自 拉丁语 magī magus的复数 [巫师，古波斯袄教的僧侣] 〔witch〕wicca [wizard, sorcerer] * see weg- wicca [男巫，巫师] * 参见 weg- 〔abracadabra〕"Abracadabra,” says the magician, unaware that at one time the thing to do with the word was wear it, not say it. Abracadabra was a magic word,the letters of which were arranged in an inverted pyramidand worn as an amulet around the neck to protect the wearer against disease or trouble.One fewer letter appeared in each line of the pyramid,until onlya remained to form the vertex of the triangle. As the letters disappeared, so supposedly did the disease or trouble.While magicians still useabracadabra in their performances, the word itself has acquired another sense, "foolish or unintelligible talk.”巫师没意识他所说的"Abracadabra"一词曾一度只是被用来佩带，而不是谈及。 Abracadabra 是一巫术用语，其字母可被排成倒金字塔形，当作护身符戴在脖子上可保护佩戴者免除疾病和灾难。金字塔形的每一行少一个字母，直到三角形顶端只剩a 一个字母。 当字母消失时，疾病和灾难也被认为是消失了。但现在的巫术师在表演时仍使用abracadabra ， 于是这个词就带上了另一种意义，“愚蠢或无意义的话语”〔Hecate〕An ancient fertility goddess who later became associated with Persephone as queen of Hades and protector of witches.赫卡蒂：古代富饶女神，后与珀尔塞福涅结伴并成为冥府之女王和巫师的保护神〔Wicca〕Old English wicca [necromancer] * see witch 古英语 wicca [召亡魂问卜的巫师] * 参见 witch〔Wiccan〕A believer or follower of Wicca; a witch.巫师：相信或追随巫术崇拜的人; 巫师〔wizardly〕Having the qualities or attributes of a wizard.魔法的，术士的：有巫师的特点或性质的〔powwow〕Because trances were so important to the Native American shaman as a means of getting in touch with spiritual forces beyond the ken of the normal person,the titlepowwaw, literally meaning "one who has visions,” was accorded him. One of the occurrences of this word in an early piece of propaganda designed to bring more settlers to New Englandrepresents fairly well the Puritan attitudes to the religion of the native inhabitants of the New World:"The office and dutie of the Powah is to be exercised principally in calling upon the Devil;and curing diseases of the sicke or wounded.”The word whose spelling was eventually settled in English aspowwow was also used as the name for ceremonies and councils, probably because of the important role played by the shaman in both.After the native peoples had been dealt withand the fear of devil worship was somewhat diminished,the newcomers decided that they could have powwows too,the first reference to one of these being recorded in the Salem, Massachusetts,Gazette of 1812: "The Warriors of the Democratic Tribe will hold a powwow at Agawam on Tuesday next.”The verbpowwow, "to confer,” was recorded even earlier, in 1780. 因为作为一种超出常人理解范围的与神灵联系的方式，催眠对于北美印第安人巫师来说是如此重要，故巫师被冠以字面意思为“有洞察力的人”的powwaw 这一名称。 这个词在早期为鼓励更多人去新英格兰定居而作的宣传中的出现，它很好地证明了清教徒们对于美洲大陆土著居民宗教的态度：“帕瓦仪式的职责与义务主要就是用来召唤魔鬼；治愈病人或伤者。”这个在英语中最后以powwow 的拼写形式固定下来的词也用作仪式及会议的名称， 这也许是因为巫师在两者中都起着重要作用。在与土著居民进行接触以后，随着对其魔鬼崇拜的恐惧逐渐消逝，那些新来者决定他们也可以举行帕瓦仪式，1812年马萨诸塞州塞勒姆的时事报 第一次提及了这种会议： “下星期二民主党派的斗士们将在阿加瓦姆召开会议”。动词意为“商讨”的powwow 则早在1780年就有记载了 〔wizard〕One who practices magic; a sorcerer or magician.巫师：从事妖术的人；男巫或魔术师〔Salem〕A city of northeast Massachusetts northeast of Boston. Founded in 1626, it is noted as the site of witchcraft trials (1692) and of Nathaniel Hawthorne's House of the Seven Gables. Population, 38,091.塞勒姆：美国马萨诸塞州东北部城市，位于波士顿东北部。建立于1626年，因1692年此地的巫师审判和纳森尼尔·霍桑的“七墙之房”而著名。人口38,091〔magick〕An action or effort undertaken because of a personal need to effect change, especially as associated with Wicca or Wiccan beliefs.法术：由于个人需要而产生变化的动作或努力，常与信奉巫术或巫师有关 |
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