coven

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Occultcovencov‧en /ˈkʌvən/ noun [countable] ROa group or meeting of witchesExamples from the Corpuscoven• They could have been mistaken for a coven of witches huddling together.• Conrad was settled in an armchair in a far corner and felt like a witch in a coven.• Such societies or covens batten on their own secrecy.• Many of the Witch King's coven fell stone dead.• I imagined solemn covens chanting, straggling torchlight processions winding up to mountain tops, stone circles, sacred trees and springs.• She was placed in a safe house but later returned to the coven of her own free will.• The coven will also employ magic, but this is only secondary to its beliefs and worship.• This coven deals in secret assassination.Origin coven (1600-1700) coven “meeting, group of people” ((1500-1600)), from Old French covin, from Medieval Latin convenium “agreement”, from Latin convenire; → CONVENIENT

单词	coven
释义	coven From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Occultcovencov‧en /ˈkʌvən/ noun [countable] ROa group or meeting of witchesExamples from the Corpuscoven• They could have been mistaken for a coven of witches huddling together.• Conrad was settled in an armchair in a far corner and felt like a witch in a coven.• Such societies or covens batten on their own secrecy.• Many of the Witch King's coven fell stone dead.• I imagined solemn covens chanting, straggling torchlight processions winding up to mountain tops, stone circles, sacred trees and springs.• She was placed in a safe house but later returned to the coven of her own free will.• The coven will also employ magic, but this is only secondary to its beliefs and worship.• This coven deals in secret assassination.Origin coven (1600-1700) coven “meeting, group of people” ((1500-1600)), from Old French covin, from Medieval Latin convenium “agreement”, from Latin convenire; → CONVENIENT
随便看	put somebody straight/right put somebody through the mill put somebody to death put somebody to flight put somebody to rout put somebody to the sword put somebody to trouble/inconvenience put somebody under put somebody up to something put somebody/something away put somebody/something before somebody/something put somebody/something first put somebody/something first/second etc put somebody/something in the shade put somebody/something off put somebody/something on put somebody/something on the line put somebody/something through their paces put somebody/something to shame put somebody/something to sleep put somebody/something to the back of your mind put somebody/something to the test put somebody/something ↔ forward put somebody’s nose out of joint put something at something