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- a woman thought to have evil magic powers. Witches are popularly depicted as wearing a black cloak and pointed hat, and flying on a broomstick.女巫, 巫婆（被认为具有邪恶魔法的女子, 通常被刻画为穿着黑披风、戴着尖顶帽, 坐在扫帚把上飞）。
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- a follower or practitioner of modern witchcraft; a Wiccan priest or priestess信仰现代巫术者, 巫术追随者; 行巫者; （女）巫师。
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- informal an ugly or unpleasant old woman; a hag〈非正式〉丑老太婆; 母夜叉。
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- a girl or woman capable of enchanting or bewitching a man迷人的女子; 妩媚的女人。
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- an edible North Atlantic flatfish which is of some commercial value美首鲽。
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- Glyptocephalus cynoglossus, family Pleuronectidae.拉丁名Glyptocephalus cynoglossus,鲽科。
with obj.
1- (of a witch) cast an evil spell on（巫婆）施魔法于：
Mrs Mucharski had somehow witched the house.
马查尔斯基太太不知怎么地把这座房屋施了魔法。
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- (of a girl or woman) enchant (a man)（女子）把（男子）迷住：
she witched Jake.
她把杰克给迷住了。
短语
as cold as（或colder than）a witch's tit
- informal very cold〈非正式〉非常冷的。
派生词
witchlike
adjectivewitchy
adjective词源
Old English wicca (masculine)， wicce (feminine)， wiccian (verb); current senses of the verb are probably a shortening of BEWITCH.