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enchantress

/en-chan-tris, -chahn-/US // ɛnˈtʃæn trɪs, -ˈtʃɑn- //

魔女,妖女,女巫,巫婆

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a woman who practices magic; sorceress.
    • : an irresistibly charming or fascinating woman: an enchantress who breaks men's hearts.

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Examples

  • Those steeped in Arthurian legends may suspect Gawain’s mother is none other than the enchantress Morgan Le Fay, who learned the dark arts from the powerful wizard Merlin.

  • Harry refers to his “Enchantress of our Twenty Thousand Days.”

  • Isabel suddenly felt herself and her organdie absurdly out of place in this room with its enchantress atmosphere.

  • Schooners 'Wanderer' and 'Enchantress' were both very successful vessels, and fast in their day.

  • At these words the enchantress, who did not expect them, uttered a loud exclamation of joy.

  • The enchantress then said to him, "Get thee from this castle, and never return on pain of death."

  • For her sake, he abandoned a former enchantress of the name of Mainville, "who had already plucked some of his feathers."