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单词 conjure
释义
conjurecon‧jure /ˈkʌndʒə $ ˈkɑːndʒər, ˈkʌn-/ ●○○ verb Word Origin
WORD ORIGINconjure
Origin:
1200-1300 Old French conjurer, from Latin, from com- (COM-) + jurare ‘to swear’
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
conjure
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theyconjure
he, she, itconjures
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theyconjured
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave conjured
he, she, ithas conjured
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad conjured
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill conjure
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have conjured
Continuous Form
PresentIam conjuring
he, she, itis conjuring
you, we, theyare conjuring
PastI, he, she, itwas conjuring
you, we, theywere conjuring
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been conjuring
he, she, ithas been conjuring
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been conjuring
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be conjuring
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been conjuring
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • David conjured an endless succession of rabbits out of his hat.
  • The threat of computer terrorists may be enough to conjure money for research from Congress.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • And now the night conjured up from the waters a gluey fog.
  • Even now I find it harder to conjure up memories of Kennedy, harder to fall back under that inexplicable spell.
  • Fused, however, they metamorphosed into something that conjured improbable visions.
  • I conjured up visions of wild mushroom risotto, tiramisu, Cherry, Garcia ice cream, and currant scones.
  • In women's magazines and educational material the apple conjures good food and health.
  • It will take a masterly spin doctor to conjure upbeat images from a bleak Kansas youth.
  • Memories grow less vivid, recent experiences are unshared, and imagined caresses across the kilometres become harder to conjure.
  • Through simple disuse and lack of feedback, she may stop conjuring up stories.
word sets
WORD SETS
abracadabra, interjectionbewitch, verbblack art, nounblack magic, nounclairvoyant, nounconjure, verbconjurer, nounconjuring, nouncrystal ball, nouncurse, verbcurse, nounenchant, verbenchanted, adjectiveenchanter, nounenchantment, nounenchantress, nounhex, nounincantation, nounmalediction, nounmandrake, nounnecromancy, nounpentagram, nounpotion, nounrune, nounsorcerer, nounsorceress, nounsorcery, nounvoodoo, nounwand, nounwarlock, nounwhite magic, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 Dieting always seems to conjure up images of endless salads.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· Homeworking / teleworking Homeworking used to conjure up images of hard-pressed workers licking envelopes or schoolwork that we never wanted to do.· Teams, with three or 10 members depending on their category, conjured up their entries on 30-foot by 30-foot plots.· Staring at his back, she tried to conjure up the image of him lover-like, tender, and failed.· The crema, which Reed also conjures up, has a consistency between sour cream and yogurt.· Lisa's story had conjured up an arresting image.· I conjured up an image of Frank at work on one of his stones.· The pope was still trying to conjure up support for Otto.· Snow White is a classic tale, one that conjures up wonderful images of mythical creatures.
NOUN
· An opinion can not be conjured out of thin air - it must be based on something.
· Between them, all manner of images were conjured up.· I began to armor myself against the images my senses were conjuring up.· The image parents conjured for their children to keep them away from swimming pools and summer birthday parties lived in our house.
· The trick is to use the person's name to conjure up a picture in your mind.· Here are names the selectors might conjure with.· For David it was a blank in his mind: the name conjured no images.· Carruthers, a name to conjure with!· His name would immediately conjure a mood of lonely alienation.· There is a name to conjure with and let slip easily of the tongue.
· Wycliffe chuckled to himself at the picture he had conjured up.
· Fine dining at the Biltmore usually conjured thoughts of Bernard's.
· Fused, however, they metamorphosed into something that conjured improbable visions.· I conjured up visions of wild mushroom risotto, tiramisu, Cherry, Garcia ice cream, and currant scones.
· Then I shut my mind to the picture that her words had conjured, for after all - what did it matter?· The very word partner conjures up a similar sharing of the risks and a shared passion about the business.· This is partly because the word itself tends to conjure up the picture of performing some type of vigorous sport.· This drawback is offset by the chance to create absolutely anything words can conjure up.· What does that word conjure up for you?
VERB
· Although I try to conjure Belinda from wherever she is in some form-any form she chooses-I fail.· He tried to conjure up an image of Henry Dark, but nothing came to him.· Staring at his back, she tried to conjure up the image of him lover-like, tender, and failed.· What's this, another memo from you, Lord? ` Don't try to conjure.· The pope was still trying to conjure up support for Otto.· Stephen told me she was distressed when he died ... and now I think somebody is trying to conjure up the dead.· I think she is trying to conjure up a storm.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • Carruthers, a name to conjure with!
  • There is a name to conjure with and let slip easily of the tongue.
1[intransitive, transitive] to perform clever tricks in which you seem to make things appear, disappear, or change by magic:  The magician conjured a rabbit out of his hat.2[transitive] to make something appear or happen in a way which is not expected:  He has conjured victories from worse situations than this.3a name to conjure with the name of a very important personconjure something ↔ up phrasal verb1to bring a thought, picture, idea, or memory to someone’s mindconjure up images/pictures/thoughts etc (of something) Dieting always seems to conjure up images of endless salads.2to make something appear when it is not expected, as if by magic:  Somehow we have to conjure up another $10,000.3to make the soul of a dead person appear by saying special magic words
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