hex

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An evil spell or curse.
  2. Clipping of hexadecimal. abbreviation,alt-of,clipping,informal,uncountable
  3. A hexagonal space on a game board.
  4. Clipping of uranium hexafluoride. abbreviation,alt-of,clipping
  5. A witch.
  6. a hexagon-shaped item of rock climbing equipment intended to be wedged into a crack or other opening in the rock.
  7. A spell (now rare but still found in compounds such as hex sign and hexcraft). rare
动词 v.
  1. To cast a spell on (specifically an evil spell), to bewitch. transitive

词形变化

hexes present,singular,third-person hexing participle,present hexed participle,past hexed past hexes plural hexes plural hexes plural

词源

词源 1
First attested about 1830, from Pennsylvania German hexe (“to practice witchcraft”), from German hexen (compare Hexe (“witch”)). The noun appeared later, in the 1850s. Cognate to Norwegian Bokmål heks (“witch”) and Dutch heks (“witch”), Dutch beheksen (“to bewitch”), Old English hægtesse (“witch, hag”). Doublet of hag.
词源 2
Short for hexadecimal.
词源 3
Short for hexagon.
词源 4
Short for hexafluoride.
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