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talisman

/tal-is-muhn, -iz-/US // ˈtæl ɪs mən, -ɪz- //UK // (ˈtælɪzmən) //

护身符,护符,符咒,法宝

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural tal·is·mans.

    • : a stone, ring, or other object, engraved with figures or characters supposed to possess occult powers and worn as an amulet or charm.
    • : any amulet or charm.
    • : anything whose presence exercises a remarkable or powerful influence on human feelings or actions.

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Examples

  • Schultz adds another sort of meaning by incorporating talismans of historical locations.

  • Now the 24-year-old could be the latest talisman for Brazil’s famed samba style of soccer, and is poised to make the Copa América his own.

  • Many served as talismans for female fans in a sexist society.

  • These and other aesthetic talismans on display at Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery have been seen in various galleries and museums around the area in recent years.

  • It doesn’t take long to figure out that the fastest way to maneuver is to shoot at talismans that float in the air, adding to the Hunter’s dash meter.

  • The “it” bag was born–a talisman of stylishness and a signifier of insider savvy.

  • He has become an important talisman either of something very good or very bad.

  • We are spared, thankfully, the standard liberal talisman of his saunter across the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln.

  • She kept a copy of The Ambassadors as a talisman on her writing desk when she was working for seven years on her novel Trust.

  • Lucky ones might take home something that was touched by the artist; a talisman.

  • The words were a talisman on the benumbed faculties of Louis; he hastened forward, and threw himself into the carriage.

  • It was a wonderful talisman, secreted—I fancied in the dream—by the goddess of the Social Revolution.

  • The heart of Musa was sprung from the East; the word "fate" was a deadly talisman to him, as to all his race.

  • That Arabic word, picked up at hazard from the dragoman, has acted like a talisman—the pest has actually gone!

  • In Celtic myth the Silver Bough played a less sinister part, and figures as a fairy talisman to music and delight.