conjure
verb [intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they conjure | |
| he / she / it conjures | |
| past simple conjured | |
| past participle conjured | |
| -ing form conjuring |
to do clever tricks such as making things seem to appear or disappear as if by magic 变魔术；变戏法；使…变戏法般地出现（或消失） Her grandfather taught her to conjure. 她的祖父教她变魔术。 - conjure something + adv./prep.
He could conjure coins from behind people's ears. 他可以从人们的耳朵后面变出硬币来。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryConjure is used with these nouns as the object:- ghost
- image
- magic
- …
Word OriginMiddle English (also in the sense ‘oblige by oath’): from Old French conjurer ‘to plot or exorcize’, from Latin conjurare ‘band together by an oath, conspire’ (in medieval Latin ‘invoke’), from con- ‘together’ + jurare ‘swear’.
Idioms
a name to conjure with (British English)
- (North American English a name to reckon with)
a person or thing that is well known and respected in a particular field 大名鼎鼎的人；重量级人物；影响巨大的事物 - (humorous)
used when you mention a name that you think is difficult to remember or pronounce 难记的名字；拗口的名字