| 单词 | conjure |
| 释义 | conjure (once / 604 pages) 1v 2v 3v If your mom can magically conjure up the most delicious meals from the most random ingredients in the kitchen, she might just be the best cook in the neighborhood. Sometimes the mere sight or smell of something can conjure or stir up long lost memories, magically transporting you back to another place and time. But in the early 13th century, conjure was a bit more sinister — it meant using a spell to capture a demon to do one's bidding. In our modern day, conjure still carries the meaning of summoning a spirit, but it more regularly means to summon an idea or bring something into existence. WORD FAMILYconjure: conjuration, conjured, conjurer, conjures, conjuring, conjuror, conjury+/conjuration: conjurations/conjurer: conjurers/conjuring: conjurings/conjuror: conjurors/conjury: conjuries USAGE EXAMPLESI conjure his voice and respond to it, preserving his presence in my life. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) Most conjure the show’s themes with techniques that considerably predate Thomas Edison. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) The year was haunted by a sense of doom conjured by the candidates themselves, who argued that choosing the other would summon the apocalypse. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) 1 v summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic 2he conjured wild birds in the air Syn|Hypo|Hyper arouse, bring up, call down, call forth, conjure up, evoke, invoke, put forward, raise, stir call forth, evoke, kick up, provoke evoke or provoke to appear or occur anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, curse, damn, imprecate, maledict wish harm upon; invoke evil upon blessgive a benediction to anele, anoint, embrocate, inunct, oiladminister an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing create, make make or cause to be or to become v ask for or request earnestly 3Syn|Hyper adjure, beseech, bid, entreat, press plead appeal or request earnestly v engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together Syn|Hypo|Hyper cabal, complot, conspire, machinate coconspire conspire together plot plan secretly, usually something illegal |
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