cantrip

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A spell or incantation; a trifling magic trick.
    — Coffins stood round, like open presses, That shaw’d the dead in their last dresses; And by some devilish cantrip slight Each in its cauld hand held a light […]
  2. A wilful piece of trickery or mischief.
  3. A minor spell, typically one that can be cast without preparation.

词形变化

cantrips plural cantrap alternative cantrup alternative cantraip alternative

词汇关系

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spellwork

词源

From Middle Scots cantrip, cantrap (“a magic charm; a trick”). Further origin obscure, but likely a corruption of Scottish Gaelic canntaireachd (identical to Irish cantaireacht), referring to a system of musical notation consisting of a series of otherwise meaningless syllables memorised by pipers in learning their tunes; this was then used similarly to abracadabra. Regardless of details, ultimately derived from Latin cantō (“to sing, chant, play an instrument”).
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