conjure

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈkʌn.d͡ʒə/|/ˈkɒn.d͡ʒə/|/kənˈd͡ʒʊə(ɹ)/    美 /ˈkɑn.d͡ʒɚ/|/ˈkʌn.d͡ʒɚ/|/kənˈd͡ʒʊɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The practice of magic; hoodoo; conjuration. uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To perform magic tricks. intransitive
    — He started conjuring at the age of 15, and is now a famous stage magician.
  2. To summon (a devil, etc.) using supernatural power. transitive
  3. To practice black magic. archaic,intransitive
    — "Thou great Norman lump!" he muttered. "If I conjure till Doomsday, I cannot make thee gold."
  4. To enchant or bewitch. archaic,transitive
  5. To evoke. transitive
  6. To imagine or picture in the mind. transitive
    — There was a deep silence, while Helen's vivid fancy conjured up the scene. She knew the small neat room—she had been with Mrs. Palmer to see it; the cheerful garden filled with flowers, the hum of the distant play-ground, the rosy clusters of an acacia-tree, whose branches almost came in at the window;...
  7. To make an urgent request to; to appeal to or beseech. archaic,transitive
    — I conjure you, let him know, / Whate'er was done against him, Cato did it.
  8. To conspire or plot. intransitive,obsolete
    — Drew after him the third part of Heaven's sons / Conjured against the Highest.

词形变化

conjures present,singular,third-person conjuring participle,present conjured participle,past conjured past

词汇关系

衍生词
conjurable conjurement conjurer conjuror conjuress conjure up conjure with conjurour name to conjure with reconjure unconjured upconjure word to conjure with

词源

词源 1
From Middle English conjuren, from Old French conjurer, from Latin coniūrō (“to swear together; conspire”), from con- (“with, together”) + iūro (“to swear or take an oath”).
词源 2
From Middle English conjuren, from Old French conjurer, from Latin coniūrō (“to swear together; conspire”), from con- (“with, together”) + iūro (“to swear or take an oath”).
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