coven
英 ['k?v(?)n]
美['k?vn]
- n. 女巫大聚會；十三女巫大集會
- n. (Coven)人名；(英、西)科文；(法)科旺
GRE
詞態變化
復數:?covens;
中文詞源
coven 女巫團
co-, 強調。-ven, 來，詞源同venue, convent. 后在一些傳說的影響下引申該詞義。
英文詞源
- coven
- coven: see convent
- coven (n.)
- "a gathering of witches," 1660s, earlier (c. 1500) a variant of covent, cuvent early forms of convent. Association with witches arose in Scotland, but not popularized until Sir Walter Scott used it in this sense in "Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft" (1830).
Efter that tym ther vold meit bot somtymes a Coven, somtymes mor, somtymes les; bot a Grand Meitting vold be about the end of ilk Quarter. Ther is threttein persones in ilk Coeven; and ilk on of vs has an Sprit to wait wpon ws, quhan ve pleas to call wpon him. I remember not all the Spritis names; bot thair is on called "Swein," quhilk waitis wpon the said Margret Wilson in Aulderne; he is still clothed in grass-grein .... ["Criminal Trials in Scotland," III, appendix, p.606, confession of Issobell Gowdie in Lochloy in 1662]
雙語例句
- 1. I think this is perfect for your weekly meetings at the coven.
- 我認為這件很適合你周末的會面。
來自辭典例句
- 2. I think this is perfect for your weekly meetingsat the coven.
- 我認為這件很適合你周末的會面.
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