单词 | the witching hour |
释义 | the witching hourMidnight (with reference to the belief that witches are active and magic takes place at that time).A thousand children were packed into stands on the Castle Esplanade to be entertained by fire-eaters, torch throwers and jugglers as the witching hour - midnight - approached....
With allusion to the witching time of night from Shakespeare's Hamlet (iii. ii. 377) See parent entry: witching |
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