请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 conjurations
释义

conjuration

noun

con·​ju·​ra·​tion ˌkän-ju̇-ˈrā-shən How to pronounce conjuration (audio)
ˌkən-,
-jər-ˈā-
1
: the act or process of conjuring : incantation
2
: an expression or trick used in conjuring
3
: a solemn appeal : adjuration

Synonyms

  • abracadabra
  • bewitchment
  • charm
  • enchantment
  • glamour
  • glamor
  • hex
  • incantation
  • invocation
  • spell
  • whammy
See all Synonyms & Antonyms

Example Sentences

the preposterous claim that he could raise the spirits of the dead with a mystical conjuration a conjuration for divine guidance during a time of national crisis
Recent Examples on the Web King pointed me to his conjuration of Haures, Duke of Hell and commander of thirty-six legions, known better as the Egyptian deity Horus. Kent Russell, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022 Perhaps the devil could be cornered during some secret ceremony of conjuration after the show on the tour bus . . . Bob Larsen, SPIN, 12 Feb. 2022 But the precision and control of the tales has given way in these pages to a shaggy-dog approach that’s part stream-of-consciousness, part apocalyptic conjuration, part analogy-laden metafiction. Michiko Kakutani, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2016

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

conjurations

noun

plural of conjuration
1
as in spells
a spoken word or set of words believed to have magic power the preposterous claim that he could raise the spirits of the dead with a mystical conjuration

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • spells
  • incantations
  • invocations
  • enchantments
  • sorceries
  • curses
  • magics
  • glamours
  • abracadabras
  • charms
  • witchcrafts
  • glamors
  • cantrips
  • whammies
  • witcheries
  • hexes
  • talismans
  • voodoos
  • bewitchments
  • amulets
  • jinxes
  • phylacteries
  • necromancies
  • wizardries
  • fetiches
  • fetishes
  • mojos
  • voodooisms
  • bewitcheries
  • mojoes
2
as in appeals
an earnest request a conjuration for divine guidance during a time of national crisis

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • appeals
  • prayers
  • pleas
  • petitions
  • adjurations
  • pleadings
  • desires
  • supplications
  • entreaties
  • solicitations
  • cries
  • suits
  • applications
  • suppliances
  • demands
  • requisitions
  • insistences
  • calls
  • claims
随便看

 

英语词典包含469781条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/11/14 19:00:26