| 单词 | witching hour |
| 释义 | witching hourSEE SYNONYMS FOR witching hour ON THESAURUS.COM nounmidnight: a rendezvous at the witching hour. Origin of witching hourFirst recorded in 1825–35 Words nearby witching hourwitch hazel, witch hazel family, witch hobble, witch hunt, witching, witching hour, witch moth, witch of Agnesi, witch's mark, witch's milk, witchweed Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for witching hourwitching hour nounthe witching hour the hour at which witches are supposed to appear, usually midnight Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with witching hourwitching hour Midnight, as in They arrived just at the witching hour. This term alludes to older superstitions concerning a time appropriate to witchcraft and other supernatural occurrences. Shakespeare and others wrote of “the witching time of night.” The precise phrase was first recorded in 1835. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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