• n. 巫術(shù)；魔法；戲法
• adj. 不可思議的；有魔力的；魔術(shù)的
• n. (Magic)人名；(英)馬吉克

來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)magus,魔術(shù)師，巫師，智者，來(lái)自PIE*magh,使有能力，賦予力量，詞源同machine,might.引申詞義魔術(shù)，魔力。該詞PIE*magh與PIE*gno(can,know)的區(qū)別在于前者的力量偏重于外人賦予，而后者的力量偏重于自身固有。

magic

magic: [14] Greek mágos, a word of Persian origin, meant ‘sorcerer’ (Latin borrowed it as magus, whose plural magi is used in English for the three ‘Wise Men’ who visited the infant Christ). From mágos was derived the adjective magikós. Its use in the phrase magiké tékhnē ‘sorcerer’s art’ led eventually to magiké itself being regarded as a noun, and it passed into English via late Latin magica and Old French magique.
=> magi

magic (n.)

late 14c., "art of influencing events and producing marvels using hidden natural forces," from Old French magique "magic, magical," from Late Latin magice "sorcery, magic," from Greek magike (presumably with tekhne "art"), fem. of magikos "magical," from magos "one of the members of the learned and priestly class," from Old Persian magush, possibly from PIE *magh- (1) "to be able, to have power" (see machine). Transferred sense of "legerdemain, optical illusion, etc." is from 1811. Displaced Old English wiccecr?ft (see witch); also drycr?ft, from dry "magician," from Irish drui "priest, magician" (see druid).

magic (adj.)

late 14c., from Old French magique, from Latin magicus "magic, magical," from Greek magikos, from magike (see magic (n.)). Magic carpet first attested 1816. Magic Marker (1951) is a registered trademark (U.S.) by Speedry Products, Inc., Richmond Hill, N.Y. Magic lantern "optical instrument whereby a magnified image is thrown upon a wall or screen" is 1690s, from Modern Latin laterna magica.

magic (v.)

1906, from magic (n.).

1. It infected them with some of the magic of a lost age.

逝去的歲月讓他們平添了幾分魅力。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. There is no magic formula for producing winning products.

獲獎(jiǎng)電影的制作沒(méi)有捷徑可取。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

3. The picture will now appear, as if by magic!

這幅畫立刻就會(huì)出現(xiàn)，好像變魔術(shù)一般！

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

4. Our spirits rallied as the bitter-sweet alcohol worked its magic.

苦中帶甜的酒發(fā)揮了奇效，我們的精神隨之振奮起來(lái)。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

5. The fighter believes he can still regain some of his old magic.

這位斗士相信自己仍然可以恢復(fù)從前的一些魔力。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句