enchanter

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ɪnˈtʃɑːntə/|/ənˈtʃɑːntə/|/ɛnˈtʃɑːntə/    美 /ɪnˈt͡ʃæntɚ/|/ɛnˈt͡ʃæntɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who enchants or delights.
    — Robert Morse brings back to life the author, wit, bon vivant, self-pitier and true enchanter that was Truman Capote in this Tony-winning one-man performance […]
  2. A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer who specializes in enchantments.
    — 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Book One, Indianapolis: Hackett, 2006, Canto VII, stanza 35, p. 113, No magicke arts hereof had any might, / Nor bloody wordes of bold Enchaunters call, / But all that was not such, as seemd in sight, / Before that shield did fade, and suddeine fall:

词形变化

enchanters plural enchantor alternative,obsolete inchantor alternative,obsolete enchantour alternative,obsolete enchauntour alternative,obsolete inchanter alternative,obsolete enchauntor alternative,obsolete,rare

词汇关系

衍生词
enchanter's nightshade

词源

From Middle English enchantour, from Old French enchanteor (Modern French enchanteur), from Latin incantātor (“enchanter; spellcaster; conjurer”), from incantāre (“to sing, to consecrate with spells”). Doublet of incantator. Equivalent to enchant + -er.
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