wizard
英['w?z?d]
美['w?z?d]
- n. 男巫；術(shù)士；奇才
- adj. 男巫的；巫術(shù)的
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?wizards;
中文詞源
wizard 男巫
wiz-,聰明，智慧，詞源同wise,wit,-ard,人。原義為哲學(xué)家，圣人，后用于指知曉未來的人，男巫，術(shù)士。
英文詞源
- wizard
- wizard: [15] A wizard is etymologically a ‘wise’ man – indeed originally the word was used for ‘philosopher’ or ‘sage’, without any suggestion of magical practices. It was derived from wise. The distinction between philosophy and magic was sufficiently blurred in the Middle Ages for the sense ‘magician’ to emerge in the 16th century, and that is the one which has prevailed.
=> wise - wizard (n.)
- early 15c., "philosopher, sage," from Middle English wys "wise" (see wise (adj.)) + -ard. Compare Lithuanian zynyste "magic," zynys "sorcerer," zyne "witch," all from zinoti "to know." The ground sense is perhaps "to know the future." The meaning "one with magical power, one proficient in the occult sciences" did not emerge distinctly until c. 1550, the distinction between philosophy and magic being blurred in the Middle Ages. As a slang word meaning "excellent" it is recorded from 1922.
雙語例句
- 1. Accountant John Talbot is a wizard with numbers.
- 會計師約翰·塔爾博特精通數(shù)字。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He was a wizard with camels.
- 他是位養(yǎng)駱駝的行家.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Wizard Wong had glanced at the tape several times.
- 翁“魔術(shù)師”已經(jīng)對磁帶瞥了好幾眼.
來自辭典例句
- 4. Edison was a wizard at invention.
- 愛迪生是一個發(fā)明奇才.
來自辭典例句
- 5. That isn't a wizard wand.
- 那不是一根魔杖.
來自辭典例句