记忆方法
1、wizard = wise（聪明的）+ -ard（表"某一类人"，常带贬味），字面就是"聪明人"。会算未来的人在当时算聪明过头，于是男巫、术士都归这个词。
2、-ard 结尾的一串都这么构词：drunkard 醉汉、coward 懦夫，都是"陷在某种状态里的人"。
3、拼写注意 wise 的 y 变成了 i：wizard，读 /ˈwɪz.əd/。男巫 wizard、女巫 witch。
2、-ard 结尾的一串都这么构词：drunkard 醉汉、coward 懦夫，都是"陷在某种状态里的人"。
3、拼写注意 wise 的 y 变成了 i：wizard，读 /ˈwɪz.əd/。男巫 wizard、女巫 witch。
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词族 · wizard
词形变化
中文词源
wizard 男巫
wiz-,聪明，智慧，词源同wise,wit,-ard,人。原义为哲学家，圣人，后用于指知晓未来的人，男巫，术士。
英语词源
- wizard
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wizard: [15] A wizard is etymologically a ‘wise’ man – indeed originally the word was used for ‘philosopher’ or ‘sage’, without any suggestion of magical practices. It was derived from wise. The distinction between philosophy and magic was sufficiently blurred in the Middle Ages for the sense ‘magician’ to emerge in the 16th century, and that is the one which has prevailed.
=> wise - wizard (n.)
- early 15c., "philosopher, sage," from Middle English wys "wise" (see wise (adj.)) + -ard. Compare Lithuanian zynyste "magic," zynys "sorcerer," zyne "witch," all from zinoti "to know." The ground sense is perhaps "to know the future." The meaning "one with magical power, one proficient in the occult sciences" did not emerge distinctly until c. 1550, the distinction between philosophy and magic being blurred in the Middle Ages. As a slang word meaning "excellent" it is recorded from 1922.
权威例句
- 1. Accountant John Talbot is a wizard with numbers.
- 会计师约翰·塔尔博特精通数字。
- 2. He was a wizard with camels.
- 他是位养骆驼的行家.
- 3. Wizard Wong had glanced at the tape several times.
- 翁“魔术师”已经对磁带瞥了好几眼.
- 4. Edison was a wizard at invention.
- 爱迪生是一个发明奇才.
- 5. That isn't a wizard wand.
- 那不是一根魔杖.