incantation / ˌɪn kænˈteɪ ʃən /

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incantation 的定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. the chanting or uttering of words purporting to have magical power.
  2. the formula employed; a spell or charm.
  3. magical ceremonies.
  4. magic; sorcery.
  5. repetitious wordiness used to conceal a lack of content; obfuscation: Her prose too often resorts to incantation.

incantation 近义词

n. 名词 noun

spell, magic

更多incantation例句

  1. Almost like an incantation of protection, a practice of softness.
  2. She sounds like Holiday, but what she’s offering is less an act of mimicry than an intimate incantation, a spell of protectiveness.
  3. It is hard to make out exactly what she is saying, but her words act almost like an incantation.
  4. There a familiar sound met his ears—the roll of a drum followed by an incantation in a quavering, high-pitched voice.
  5. They met by the parapet of the Quai, just as Père Bracasse had come to the end of his incantation.
  6. Whenever they passed an embedded fakir, they obtained an incantation from his lips, but still Baal-Zeboub failed.
  7. And now he began to speak, not loudly, but with solemn deliberation, as though he were uttering an incantation.
  8. I have extensive knowledge of incantation, poetry, magic, and I know these concern your problem.