| 单词 | magician |
| 释义 | magician (once / 839 pages) n A magician does magic tricks. You might hire a magician to pull rabbits out of hats and do card tricks at your next birthday party. A performer whose specialty is sleight-of-hand and other illusions is one kind of magician. Another magician is the kind who makes real magic, casting spells and summoning spirits. More people believe in the first kind of magician — who is simply pretending to do magic — than the second. The word stems from the Old French magiciien, "magician or sorcerer," which is rooted in the Greek word for "magical," magikos. WORD FAMILYmagician: magicians+/magic: magical, magician, magics/magical: magically USAGE EXAMPLESAmenities include a stroller valet, moon bounces, face painters, roaming stilt walkers and magicians, crafting stations and much more. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) When he became a magician, Houdini started to call himself Harry Houdini after the French magician Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin. Reuters(Dec 20, 2016) Will somebody remind me to talk about The Magicians? Slate(Dec 20, 2016) 1n someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper conjurer, conjuror, illusionist, 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 one who practices magic or sorcery Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper necromancer, sorcerer, thaumaturge, thaumaturgist, wizard Count Alessandro di Cagliostro Italian who was famous as a magician and alchemist (1743-1795) enchanter a sorcerer or magician exorciser, exorcistsomeone who practices exorcism magusa magician or sorcerer of ancient times sorceressa woman sorcerer witch doctorsomeone who is believed to heal through magical powers Circe(Greek mythology) a sorceress who detained Odysseus on her island and turned his men into swine conjure man, conjurer, conjurora witch doctor who practices conjury occultist a believer in occultism; someone versed in the occult arts |
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