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单词 hex
释义 hex
I. \ˈheks\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
intransitive verb
[Pennsylvania German hexe, from German hexen, from hexe, n.] : to practice witchcraft
transitive verb
[Pennsylvania German verhexe, from verfor- + hexe, v.]
1. : to practice witchcraft upon : put a hex on
 < he can … hex him, and he knows it — J.H.Allen >
2. : to affect as if by an evil spell : jinx, queer
 < giving in to an unscientific fear of hexing the whole project — Daniel Lang >
 < hexes the acoustics — Springfield (Massachusetts) Daily News >
II. noun
(-es)
Usage: often attributive
1. : spell, enchantment, jinx
 < my grandmother used to say some families had a hex on them — Sherman Kent >
 < sung to death in a musical hex rendered by an enemy — Newsweek >
 < we finally had to come to the conclusion that he had put a hex on the cars — Linda Braidwood >
2. [Pennsylvania German hex & German hexe, from Middle High German hecse, häxe; akin to Old High German hagzissa, hagazussa harpy, witch — more at hag (harpy)] : a person who practices witchcraft : witch
 < I couldn't talk to you without twenty old hexes watching — Sinclair Lewis >
III. adjective
Etymology: short for hexagonal
: hexagonal in shape
 < a bolt with a hex head >
IV. abbreviation
1. hexachord
2. hexagon; hexagonal
V. \ˈheks\ adjective or noun
Etymology: by shortening
: hexadecimal herein
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