单词 | familiar spirit |
释义 | familiar spirit (once / 15929 pages) n WORD FAMILY familiar spirit: familiar spirits USAGE EXAMPLES“Is it true that you were also acquainted with a certain cat which the widow entertained as a familiar spirit?” Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond(1958) The flowers were like new acquaintances; she approached them in a familiar spirit and made herself at home among them. Kate Chopin, The Awakening(1899) They also pretended to the power, by means of certain familiar spirits, to foretell future events, and even in some cases to control them. Maori, A Pakeha, Old New Zealand—A Tale of the Good...(2012) n a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard Syn|Hyper familiar disembodied spirit, spirit any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings |
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