spec. A person who professed to discover if a woman were a witch by sticking pins into her (see prick, v. 1d). Scottish. Now historical.
| 单词 | θ120433 |
| 释义 | the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > sorcerer or magician > witch > [noun] > one who detects witches (2) pricker1661 spec. A person who professed to discover if a woman were a witch by sticking pins into her (see prick, v. 1d). Scottish. Now historical. witch-pricker1841 a person who claims to discover if a person is a witch by sticking pins into that person's skin; cf. pricker, n. 2b. |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。