incantation

英 [ˌɪnkænˈteɪʃn]

美 [ˌɪnkænˈteɪʃn]

n.  符咒; 咒语; 念咒语

复数：incantations　

GRETEM8

BNC.22721 / COCA.20216

牛津词典

noun

• 符咒；咒语；念咒语
  special words that are spoken or sung to have a magic effect; the act of speaking or singing these words

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 咒语;符咒
  Anincantationis a series of words that a person says or sings as a magic spell.
  1. ...strange prayers and incantations.
     奇怪的祈祷与咒语

英英释义

noun

• a ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect
  Synonym:conjuration

双语例句

• The Priest began an incantation to cleanse the wound but the symbol remained engraved in the arm of the Lord Protector.
  神父开始念咒语希望能够去除这个伤口，然而这个标志还是深深刻在了护国公的手臂上。
• According to Taoist institutions and sutras, the sin-exempting incantation casting ceremony is of religious function and symbolic significance.
  从道教经法制度的相关论述可以看出，投龙仪式具有宗教功能及其象征意义。
• Drive my dead thoughts over the universe, Like withered leaves to quicken a new birth! And, by the incantation of this verse.
  请把我枯死的思想向世界吹落，让它像枯叶一样促成新的生命！哦，请听从这一篇符咒似的诗歌。
• So you just decided to try out an unknown, handwritten incantation and see what would happen?
  你竟然决定拿一个手写的陌生咒语来做试验，看看会发生什么事？
• This incantation obscures the fact that some MBA courses, including almost all those in the US, take two years, while most in Europe take one.
  这个口头禅模糊了一个事实：包括几乎所有美国MBA课程在内，很多MBA课程都是两年制，而大多数欧洲的MBA课程都是一年制。
• When Jim still was in a daze, that wizard started to learn his incantation.
  当吉姆仍在发呆的时候，那个巫师开始念咒语。
• You see, the incantation alone is not enough.
  你们要明白，光靠咒语是不够的。
• ( The Pittsburgh gathering also made the ritual vow to complete the so-called Doha round of trade talks, but that incantation now carries the same sincerity as saying Have a nice day.) Yet a counsel of despair would be, at the very least, premature.
  （匹兹堡峰会也例行公事地承诺要完成多哈回合（DohaRound）贸易谈判，但现在发这种誓就和说祝拥有美好的一天一样缺乏诚意。）不过，现在就提供绝望忠告至少是为时过早。
• He sought in his heAD for an incantation that had faded clean away.
  他拼命搜索他的脑袋，老想找出那道早被忘得一干二净的护身符咒。
• A magic spell or incantation.
  有魔力的话语或咒文。