Magic

(noun.) any art that invokes supernatural powers.

编辑:拉维恩

• The box into which the harlequin takes refuge, and which appears to be empty when Pierrot or Cassandra lifts the curtain that shields its entrance, is also a sort of magic cabinet. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• It is usual to fix the opaque shade, which alternately covers and exposes the two magic lanterns, on to a central pin, so that it may be moved vertically up or down. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• She learned her letters as if by magic, and was very soon able to read plain reading; but the sewing was a more difficult matter. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Some conjurers say that number three is the magic number, and some say number seven. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• In a fine body there is magic. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• The magicians usually believed more or less in their own magic, the priests in their ceremonies, the chiefs in their right. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• If by some magic every taboo of the commission could be enforced the abolition of sex slavery would not have come one step nearer to reality. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.

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