put a hex on sb/sth
常用于口语和奇幻故事中,表示“对某人或某物施咒”。
The old woman threatened to put a hex on anyone who crossed her.
那个老妇人威胁说,谁惹她,她就诅咒谁。
六角格;六边形格子;女巫;巫婆;六角岩塞;六边形岩楔;恶咒或诅咒;游戏板上的六边形格子
恶咒或诅咒
An evil spell or curse.
游戏板上的六边形格子
A hexagonal space on a game board.
女巫;巫师
A witch.
六边形岩石攀登器材,用于楔入岩石裂缝或开口
a hexagon-shaped item of rock climbing equipment intended to be wedged into a crack or other opening in the rock.
The old woman believed someone had put a hex on her garden, causing all the plants to wither.
那位老妇人相信有人对她的花园施了妖法,导致所有植物都枯萎了。
用法提示:hex在此句中作名词,指一种导致植物枯萎的邪恶法术。
The villagers thought the strange illness was caused by a hex cast by a jealous neighbor.
村民们认为这种奇怪的疾病是由一个嫉妒的邻居施放的妖法引起的。
用法提示:hex在此句中作名词,表示一种导致疾病的妖术。
She performed a cleansing ceremony to break the hex that was supposedly affecting her family.
她举行了一个净化仪式,以破除那个据称影响她家人的妖法。
用法提示:hex在此句中作名词,指一种被认为影响家庭的邪恶法术,通过仪式可破除。
常用于口语和奇幻故事中,表示“对某人或某物施咒”。
The old woman threatened to put a hex on anyone who crossed her.
那个老妇人威胁说,谁惹她,她就诅咒谁。
强调处于被诅咒的状态,常与 be 动词连用。
The villagers believed the whole family was under a hex.
村民们相信这家人全都中了诅咒。
指棋盘游戏中的六边形格子,常与 land on、move to 等搭配使用。
Her token landed on a hex that sent her back two spaces.
她的棋子落在了一个六边形格子上,让她后退两格。
grammar · medium
易错句子The old woman put hex on him.
正确表达The old woman put a hex on him.
hex 在此义项下是可数名词,指“一个诅咒”;单数可数名词前需要不定冠词 a,汉语没有冠词,学习者容易漏掉。
grammar · medium
易错句子She cast a hex to the prince.
正确表达She cast a hex on the prince.
表示“对某人施咒”时,英语固定搭配是 cast/put a hex on somebody,介词用 on 而不用 to;受汉语“对/向某人”影响容易误用 to。
grammar · medium
易错句子The board is divided into hexs.
正确表达The board is divided into hexes.
hex 以 x 结尾,复数要加 -es 变成 hexes,不能直接加 -s;这是名词复数的拼写规则。
两者都可指“诅咒”,但 hex 通常带巫术、民间魔法色彩,多指害人的“恶咒”,语域偏口语;curse 范围更广,任何诅咒都可用,还能作动词表示“咒骂”。表示“骂人、说脏话”时只能用 curse。
hex 虽有“女巫”这一义项,但它是较古老、少见的用法;现代英语里指“女巫”用 witch,hex 更常指“恶咒”或游戏中的“六角格”。看到 hex 时先考虑“诅咒”,不要直接理解成“人”。
vex 与 hex 发音相近(/veks/ 对 /heks/),但意思和词性都不同:vex 是动词,表示“使烦恼、使恼火”;hex 在本词条中是名词,指“诅咒”或“六角格”。别因为发音相近,就把 vex 当成“施咒”。
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