Word · Frequency #14394
wand
魔杖；探水杖
a rod used by a magician or water diviner
- 1.
A hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as a traditional emblem of authority.
- 2.
An instrument shaped like a wand.
- 3.
A stick, branch, or stalk, especially of willow.
- 4.
A card of a particular suit of the minor arcana in tarot, the wands.
细枝；枝条；棒；棍；杖
In use
The magician waved her wand and the rabbit disappeared.
He used a forked wand to search for water in the field.
In craft class, we bent a willow wand into a circle.
a wand for [doing sth]
表示用途时，后接 for + 动名词。
She made a wand for casting spells.
她制作了一根用于施法的魔杖。
a wand used by [someone]
used by + 施动者，说明使用者；常用过去分词作后置定语。
The wand used by the magician is made of oak.
魔术师使用的魔杖是橡木做的。
with a wand
with a wand 为介词短语，表示使用的工具。
The wizard cast a spell with a wand.
Connections
Collocations
- magic wand
- 魔杖
- The fairy waved her magic wand and the pumpkin turned into a carriage.仙女挥动她的魔杖，南瓜就变成了马车。
- wave a wand
- 挥舞魔杖
- The magician waved his wand, and a rabbit appeared.魔术师挥舞魔杖，一只兔子出现了。
- divining wand
- 探水杖
- He walked slowly across the field, holding a divining wand.他拿着一根探水杖，慢慢地走过田地。
- willow wand
- 柳枝
- He cut a willow wand to make a whistle.他砍下一根柳枝来做哨子。
Idioms & figurative uses
- wave a magic wand
- 挥动魔杖（比喻轻松解决问题）You can't just wave a magic wand and make all your problems disappear.你不可能一挥魔杖就让所有问题都消失。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记 wand=魔杖：w 像巫师(wizard)的首字母，and 是“和”——巫师和魔杖总在一起。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：magic and fantasy、water divining、botany and craft wand 的语体比较灵活：多用于魔法/奇幻场景（如魔杖），也出现在探水、植物或工艺等语境中，正式程度随搭配和上下文变化。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Rhymes with bond, pond, fond, and beyond (stressed part /ɒnd/). Lookalikes: land and hand share the -and spelling but are pronounced /ænd/.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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。
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