| 单词 | illusionist |
| 释义 | illusionist (once / 45812 pages) n An illusionist is a magician, a person who performs stage magic to entertain audiences. The teenager on the sidewalk who does amazing card tricks for tips is an illusionist. Harry Houdini might be the most famous illusionist, specializing in escaping from what appeared to be impossible situations like being handcuffed and submerged in water. Other illusionists stick to pulling rabbits out of hats and quarters out of kids' ears. The earliest meaning of illusionist was "one who suffers from illusions," though it soon came to mean "one who creates illusions." The Latin root, illudere, means "to mock" or "to play at." WORD FAMILYillusionist: illusionists+/disillusion: disillusioned, disillusioning, disillusionment, disillusions/disillusioning: disillusioningly/disillusionment: disillusionments/illusion: disillusion, illusional, illusionary, illusionist, illusions, illusory/illusory: illusorily USAGE EXAMPLES“The Illusionists - Turn of the Century ” has landed at the Palace Theatre with eight new acts. Washington Times(Dec 01, 2016) “What you’re going to see is a little bit different than ‘The Illusionists’ you saw last year. Seattle Times(Dec 01, 2016) They sell illusions, and Trump is the master illusionist. New York Times(Nov 10, 2016) 1n someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper conjurer, conjuror, magician, prestidigitator Harry Houdini United States magician (born in Hungary) famous for his ability to escape from chains or handcuffs or straitjackets or padlocked containers (1874-1926) escape expert, escapologist an entertainer who is expert in the art of escaping mind reader, telepathist, thought-readera magician who seems to discern the thoughts of another person (usually by clever signals from an accomplice) performer, performing artist an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience 2n a person with unusual powers of foresight Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper seer, visionary Cassandra (Greek mythology) a prophetess in Troy during the Trojan War whose predictions were true but were never believed Michel de NotredameFrench astrologer who wrote cryptic predictions whose interpretations are still being debated (1503-1566) anticipant, anticipator one who anticipates divinersomeone who claims to discover hidden knowledge with the aid of supernatural powers fantast, futuristsomeone who predicts the future forecaster, predictor, prognosticator, soothsayersomeone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge) astrologer, astrologistsomeone who predicts the future by the positions of the planets and sun and Moon fortune teller, fortunetellera person who foretells your personal future geomancerone who practices geomancy hydromancerone who practices hydromancy lithomancerone who practices lithomancy necromancerone who practices divination by conjuring up the dead oneiromancersomeone who divines through the interpretation of dreams onomancerone who practices onomancy oracle, prophesier, prophet, seer, vaticinatoran authoritative person who divines the future pyromancerone who practices pyromancy dowser, rhabdomancer, water witchsomeone who uses a divining rod to find underground water intellect, intellectual a person who uses the mind creatively |
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