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incantation

/in-kan-tey-shuhn/US // ˌɪn kænˈteɪ ʃən //UK // (ˌɪnkænˈteɪʃən) //

咒语,咒文,诅咒,祈祷

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Definitions

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

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Examples

  • Almost like an incantation of protection, a practice of softness.

  • She sounds like Holiday, but what she’s offering is less an act of mimicry than an intimate incantation, a spell of protectiveness.

  • It is hard to make out exactly what she is saying, but her words act almost like an incantation.

  • There a familiar sound met his ears—the roll of a drum followed by an incantation in a quavering, high-pitched voice.

  • They met by the parapet of the Quai, just as Père Bracasse had come to the end of his incantation.

  • Whenever they passed an embedded fakir, they obtained an incantation from his lips, but still Baal-Zeboub failed.

  • And now he began to speak, not loudly, but with solemn deliberation, as though he were uttering an incantation.

  • I have extensive knowledge of incantation, poetry, magic, and I know these concern your problem.