1 N-VAR 魅力;吸引力 Charm is the quality of being pleasant or attractive. 魅力;吸引力
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'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs', the 1937 Disney classic, has lost none of its original charm.
1937年迪斯尼推出的经典之作《白雪公主和七个小矮人》魅力不减当年。
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The house had its charms, not the least of which was the furniture that came with it.
这座房子有其吸引人的地方,比如和房子配套的家具就很出彩。
2 N-UNCOUNT (人的)魅力,亲和力 Someone who has charm behaves in a friendly, pleasant way that makes people like them. (人的)魅力,亲和力
SYN attraction, appeal, fascination, allure
3 VERB 迷住;吸引;使倾倒 If you charm someone, you please them, especially by using your charm. 迷住;吸引;使倾倒
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He even charmed Mrs Prichard, carrying her shopping and flirting with her, though she's 83. [VERB noun]
他又是帮普里查德夫人拎买的东西,又是和她调情,居然把83岁高龄的她也给迷倒了。
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The Indians, in turn, were charmed by the famous author's cultured and civilised outlook. [VERB noun]
而印第安人呢,则为那位著名作家有教养的、开化的见解而折服。
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You can't force — or even charm — him into behaving differently if he doesn't want to. [V n into -ing]
他要是不愿意改变自己的言行举止,你来软的还是硬的都没有用。
4 VERB 运用个人魅力(出入…) If you charm your way into or out of a place or situation, you use your charm to get into or out of that place or situation. 运用个人魅力(出入…)
5 VERB 利用个人魅力获取 If you say that someone charmed something out of you or from you, you mean that they used their charm to persuade you to give it to them. 利用个人魅力获取 [disapproval]
6 N-COUNT (手镯、项链上的)小挂件,小饰物,小玩意 A charm is a small ornament that is fixed to a bracelet or necklace. (手镯、项链上的)小挂件,小饰物,小玩意
7 N-COUNT 有魔力的物品;咒语;魔法 A charm is an act, saying, or object that is believed to have magic powers. 有魔力的物品;咒语;魔法
SYN spell, magic, enchantment, sorcery
8 PHRASE [VERB inflects] (常指为了获取某物或欺骗某人而)施展魅力 If someone turns on the charm, they behave in a way that seems very friendly but which you think is insincere, often in order to obtain something or deceive someone. (常指为了获取某物或欺骗某人而)施展魅力 [disapproval]
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He figured out that you're lonely, like most widows, and he turned on the charm.
他看出你和大多数寡妇一样很寂寞,所以就拿出他的魅力来了。
9 PHRASE 立见功效;很成功 If you say that something worked like a charm, you mean that it was very effective or successful. 立见功效;很成功
Quotations
You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question Albert Camus The Fall
Charm ... it's a sort of bloom on a woman. If you have it, you don't need to have anything else; and if you don't have it, it doesn't much matter what else you have J.M. Barrie What Every Woman Knows
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