| 单词 | witch doctor |
| 释义 | witch doctor noun[C] uk/ˈwɪtʃ ˌdɒk.tər/us/ˈwɪtʃ ˌdɑːk.tɚ/apersonin somesocietieswhocurespeopleusingtraditionalmagicormedicine 巫医Compare shaman People who perform magic or have paranormal abilities
Examplesofwitch doctorwitch doctor Suddenly she disappeared, and it was afterwards ascertained that she had gone to consult awitchdoctorbefore she had the operation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is also the tear of thewitchdoctor. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I notice the chiefwitchdoctorhas now gone out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Did they really regret the rule of thewitchdoctor? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He was like an economicwitchdoctorinvoking the right incantations to make the charm work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I run the risk every year of being treated as awitchdoctorwhose intentions are undoubtedly malevolent and whose knowledge is always exaggerated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not know who pays thewitchdoctor. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The chiefwitchdoctorhas given the order for the preparation of the potion and has retired. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Who pays thewitchdoctor? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, if one introduces a new crop, one finds in some places thewitchdoctorcoming by night and pulling the plants out to exorcise the evil spirits. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Awitchdoctorof the surroundings, who found out about the attitude of the wealthy neighbor, entrusted that all the curses fell on him. From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Melman is happy until he learns that he has the same symptoms that apparently caused the previouswitchdoctorto die. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.If we wish to know why a certain disease strikes one person and not another, we turn to medicine instead of awitchdoctor. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thewitchdoctoralso announces that when a person gets sick - no matter a fever or cancer - he s dead rather than ill. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is not unusual for there to be a mass followed by a ritual cleansing by a local brujo (roughlywitchdoctor). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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