English Dictionary

witch

IPA（発音記号）

/wɪt͡ʃ/

名詞

軽蔑的 比喩的用法

A person who practices witchcraft. / (now usually particularly) A woman who is learned in and actively practices witchcraft. / (figuratively, derogatory) An ugly or unpleasant woman.

日本語の意味

呪術や魔法を行う人物、特に女性を指す。 / 主に女性で、魔法や呪術に精通し実践する者。 / 比喩的に用いられる場合、醜いまたは不愉快な女性を指す（侮蔑的な表現）。

The villagers accused her of being a witch when her herbs healed the sick.

村人たちは、彼女が薬草で病人を治したとき、彼女を魔女だと非難した。

意味（1）

A person who practices witchcraft.

意味（2）

(now usually particularly) A woman who is learned in and actively practices witchcraft.

He cannot abide the old woman of Brentford; he swears she's a witch.

意味（3）

(figuratively, derogatory) An ugly or unpleasant woman.

I hate that old witch.

意味（4）

One who exercises more-than-common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person.

意味（5）

One given to mischief, especially a woman or child.

意味（6）

(geometry) A certain curve of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera.

意味（7）

The stormy petrel.

意味（8）

Glyptocephalus cynoglossus (Torbay sole), found in the North Atlantic.

意味（9）

Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis (megrim), found in the North Atlantic.

意味（10）

Arnoglossus scapha, found near New Zealand.

意味（11）

The Indomalayan butterfly Araotes lapithis, of the family Lycaenidae.

witches （ plural ）