a woman thought to have evil magic powers. Witches are popularly depicted as wearing a black cloak and pointed hat, and flying on a broomstick 女巫,巫婆(被认为具有邪恶魔法的女子,通常被刻画为穿着黑披风、戴着尖顶帽,坐在扫帚把上飞) ■a follower or practitioner of modern witchcraft; a Wiccan priest or priestess 信仰现代巫术者,巫术追随者;行巫者;(女)巫师 ■(informal)an ugly or unpleasant old woman; a hag (非正式)丑老太婆;母夜叉 ■a girl or woman capable of enchanting or bewitching a man 迷人的女子;妩媚的女人
an edible North Atlantic flatfish which is of some commercial value 美首鲽
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus, family Pleuronectidae 拉丁名Glyptocephalus cynoglossus,鲽科
verb
[with obj.](of a witch) cast an evil spell on (巫婆)施魔法于 Mrs Mucharski had somehow witched the house. 马查尔斯基太太不知怎么地把这座房屋施了魔法。 ■(of a girl or woman) enchant (a man) (女子)把(某男子)迷住 she witched Jake. 她把杰克给迷住了。
常用词组 as cold as (或 colder than) a witch's tit
(informal)very cold (非正式)非常冷的
派生 witchlike adjective witchy ( ) adjective 语源
Old English wicca (masculine), wicce (feminine), wiccian (verb); current senses of the verb are probably a shortening of bewitch