rhabdomancy
rhabdomancy — 名詞
1. the practice of trying to find hidden things, such as water under the ground, by
杖占術；探水
憑杖棒擺動來占卜或探尋水源
the practice of trying to find hidden things, such as water under the ground, by watching how a stick or rod moves in the hands.
Before digging the well, Xiu's uncle tried rhabdomancy, walking the field with a forked stick.
挖井之前，Xiu 的叔叔試了杖占術，拿著分叉的樹枝在田裡走來走去。
verb + object: try / practise rhabdomancy
The farmer trusted rhabdomancy, so he let a moving stick choose where to dig.
那位農夫很相信杖占術，所以讓一根會動的棍子決定要往哪裡挖。
Ari laughed at rhabdomancy, saying a stick cannot know where water or gold lies underground.
Ari 嘲笑杖占術，說一根棍子不可能知道地下哪裡有水或黃金。
preposition: laugh at / believe in rhabdomancy
Layla's book on country customs has a chapter about rhabdomancy and the search for water.
Layla 那本談鄉間習俗的書裡，有一章在講杖占術和尋找水源。
- practise rhabdomancy
- believe in rhabdomancy
- dowsing
names the same practice of looking for water or minerals with a rod
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- rhabdomancer名詞