Word · Frequency #25153
sorcery
巫术；魔法
The use of magic or supernatural powers, especially evil magic or witchcraft.
- 1.
Magical power; the use of witchcraft or magic arts.
魔力；巫术或法术的使用。
- 2.
the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world
巫术
- 3.
Black magic.
黑魔法。
魔力；巫术或法术的使用。；巫术；黑魔法。；妖术
In use
The old woman was accused of sorcery by the villagers.
The wizard studied sorcery for many years before he could cast powerful spells.
The villagers believed that the strange illness was caused by sorcery.
practice sorcery
sorcery 通常作不可数名词，不加冠词。
People once believed that witches practiced sorcery at night.
人们曾经相信女巫在夜里施展巫术。
use sorcery to do sth
to 后接动词原形，表示使用巫术的目的。
The villain used sorcery to control the king's mind.
那个反派用巫术控制国王的心智。
accuse sb of sorcery
accuse sb of sth 结构中 of 后接名词。
Connections
Collocations
- practice sorcery
- 施行巫术；施魔法
- In the story, the hero refuses to practice sorcery even to save his kingdom.在故事中，主人公即使为了拯救王国也不肯施行巫术。
- black sorcery
- 黑魔法；邪恶巫术
- The dark lord used black sorcery to turn the river into poison.黑魔王用黑魔法把河水变成了毒药。
- accused of sorcery
- 被指控使用巫术
- Anyone accused of sorcery was brought to the high priest for judgment.任何被指控使用巫术的人都会被带到祭司长那里接受审判。
- act of sorcery
- 巫术行为；施巫术之举
- Lighting a candle over the grave was considered an act of sorcery.在坟墓上点蜡烛被视为一种巫术行为。
- sorcery and witchcraft
- 巫术与魔法
- The museum has a collection of objects linked to sorcery and witchcraft.这家博物馆收藏了一批与巫术和魔法有关的物品。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：sorcery 以 sore（酸痛）开头，想象中了巫术后浑身酸痛，记住它就是巫术、魔法。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：fantasy literature、historical accounts of witchcraft、occult-themed media sorcery 通常用于正式或文学性语境，多出现在奇幻小说、历史叙述或神秘题材作品中；日常会话里更常用 magic 或 witchcraft。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Sorcery /ˈsɔrsɝi/ shares the suffix spellings -cery/-ery with grocery and nursery, both ending in the same /səri/ sound, but the stressed vowels differ, so they are not perfect rhymes. Surgery, mystery, slippery, and bakery also end in -ery yet pronounce that syllable differently (/dʒəri/, /təri/, /pəri/, /kəri/); do not rely on spelling for the sound.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.