词汇 | sorcerer |
释义 | sorcerer noun[ C ] uk /ˈsɔː.sər.ər/ us /ˈsɔːr.sɚ.ɚ/ in stories, a man who has magical powers and who uses them to harm other people巫师,术士,魔法师 Compare magician wizard(PERSON) People who perform magic or have paranormal abilities alchemist clairvoyant conjurer coven crone escapologist ghostbuster illusionist mage magician oracle psychic seer shaman soothsayer sorceress spiritual healer visionary wizard wizardly Examples of sorcerersorcerer Meanwhile, although the founder of the movement advocated submission to local authorities, young men claiming to be his messengers attacked elders and sorcerers. The smith is the ultimate sorcerer, who - while being visibly forging - is dealing with invisible forces which he masters or manipulates. Religious rituals are rarely shown on stage and there is a notable absence of sorcerers, priestesses and processions. He is a very powerful sorcerer, who seems to control the power to give and to take life. The colonial state had dismissed witchcraft eradication discourse and prohibited anti-witchcraft leaders from selecting sorcerers (wachawi) to eradicate it. The smith is also one of the strongest sorcerers (mologre). Thus, priestess, sorcerer, and witch became synonymous. Some revivalists thought him a greedy sorcerer. They were feared as sorcerers. Whether some recent historians of the subject will prove in this context to be merely sorcerer's apprentices is a matter for urgent public as well as professional concern. So a sorcerer who transforms into a bear does not do so as a disguise, but in order to harness bear 'effects' in order to undertake suitably bear-like activities. Gikuyu had long punished sorcerers with fire. Clearly, nuclear disasters would have ceased long ago if moderation had prevailed over the excitement of all the sorcerer's apprentices. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Nevertheless, to become a sorcerer, one has to be an apprentice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The position is that of the sorcerer's apprentice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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