enchantress
/ɪnˈtʃɑːntrəs/ (bre, ipa) · /ɪnˈtʃæntrəs/ (ame, ipa) · /in-ˈchan-trəs en-/ (ame, mw)
enchantress — 名詞
- enchantresssingular
- enchantressesplural
1. In fantasy tales, a woman able to cast spells and bend people or events to her w
女巫；女術士
故事中會施法的女性
In fantasy tales, a woman able to cast spells and bend people or events to her will.
In the film, the enchantress trapped a sailor inside a ring of blue fire.
在那部電影裡，那位女巫把一名水手困在一圈藍色火焰中。
storybook magic context
Mayumi begged the enchantress to lift the spell from her sleeping brother.
Mayumi 求那位女術士解除她熟睡哥哥身上的咒語。
lift the spell from someone
The old enchantress promised Ilan safe passage across the haunted river.
那位年老的女巫答應讓 Ilan 安全渡過那條鬧鬼的河。
At midnight, the enchantress changed Mira's torn dress into silver silk.
到了半夜，那位女術士把 Mira 的破裙子變成銀色絲衣。
用法筆記
Mostly literary and common in fantasy writing. For a stage performer doing tricks, use magician instead.
常見錯誤
2. A woman whose beauty and charm make other people watch her with strong admiratio
迷人女子
美麗又極能吸引目光的女性
A woman whose beauty and charm make other people watch her with strong admiration or desire.
At the embassy party, Chiara moved through the room like an enchantress.
在大使館晚宴上，Chiara 像位迷人女子般穿梭於人群之間。
simile: like an enchantress
The magazine described Hana as an enchantress with a calm, confident smile.
那本雜誌把 Hana 形容成一位帶著沉著自信笑容的迷人女子。
describe someone as an enchantress
On stage, the young pianist seemed like an enchantress to everyone in the hall.
在台上，那位年輕鋼琴家在整個大廳的人眼中都像位迷人女子。
Ezra could not ignore the enchantress singing softly at the piano bar.
Ezra 無法不注意到那位在鋼琴酒吧輕聲歌唱的迷人女子。
- siren
more poetic and often carries a stronger sense of danger or temptation
- seductress
stronger and more openly sexual in tone
- beauty
focuses more on physical attractiveness than on captivating personal charm
用法筆記
This sense is figurative, literary, and slightly old-fashioned. It suggests powerful attraction, often with a romantic or seductive tone, rather than literal magic.