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sorceress

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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sor·cer·ess /ˈsɔːsərɪs $ ˈsɔːr-/ noun [countable]  ROMa woman in stories who uses magic and receives help from evil forces 〔故事中的〕女巫,女术士,女魔法师 witch
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sorceressHer painting protects her, as magic does a sorceress, but it also endangers her.I imagined a sorceress inside performing her rites behind the window, with a red kerchief.In the civilized countries I believe there are no witches left, nor wizards, nor sorceresses, nor magicians.It was dead, shrivelled, blown to dust, exactly as the sorceress had said it would be, centuries earlier.The second time he did so, he was caught by the sorceress, who threatened to punish him for his thievery.She began climbing, until she too reached the sorceress Zenaida's hideaway in the clouds.So the sorceress wanted Rapunzel more than her parents did, or so it seems.
sor·cer·ess nounChineseSyllable
magic receives uses woman a help Corpus and who in stories


sorceress
sorceress /ˈsɔːsərəs, ˈsɔːsərɪs $ ˈsɔːr-/ noun [countable]
a woman in stories who uses magic and receives help from evil forces ⇨ witch


sor·cer·essBrE /ˈsɔːsərəs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsɔːrsərəs/ 🔊 noun(in stories) a woman with magic powers, who is helped by evil spirits (故事中的)女术士,女巫,巫婆