charms

英 [tʃɑːmz]

美 [tʃɑːrmz]

n.  魅力; 魔力; 吸引力; 迷人的特征; 吸引人的特性; 妩媚; (链或手镯上的)吉祥小饰物
v.  吸引; 迷住; (以魔法或似有魔法)控制，保护
charm的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 魅力;吸引力
  Charmis the quality of being pleasant or attractive.
  1. 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs', the 1937 Disney classic, has lost none of its original charm...
     1937年迪斯尼推出的经典之作《白雪公主和七个小矮人》魅力不减当年。
  2. The house had its charms, not the least of which was the furniture that came with it.
     这座房子有其吸引人的地方，比如和房子配套的家具就很出彩。
• N-UNCOUNT (人的)魅力，亲和力
  Someone who hascharmbehaves in a friendly, pleasant way that makes people like them.
  1. He was a man of great charm and distinction.
     他这个人魅力十足，卓尔不群。
• VERB 迷住;吸引；使倾倒
  If youcharmsomeone, you please them, especially by using your charm.
  1. He even charmed Mrs Prichard, carrying her shopping and flirting with her, though she's 83...
     他又是帮普里查德夫人拎买的东西，又是和她调情，居然把83岁高龄的她也给迷倒了。
  2. The Indians, in turn, were charmed by the famous author's cultured and civilised outlook...
     而印第安人呢，则为那位著名作家有教养的、开化的见解而折服。
  3. You can't force — or even charm — him into behaving differently if he doesn't want to.
     他要是不愿意改变自己的言行举止，你来软的还是硬的都没有用。
• VERB 运用个人魅力(出入…)
  If youcharmyourwayinto or out of a place or situation, you use your charm to get into or out of that place or situation.
  1. ...charming his way into the British Embassy in Teheran...
     靠他的个人魅力打入英国驻德黑兰大使馆
  2. He charmed his way out of trouble.
     他运用自己的魅力摆脱了麻烦。
• VERB 利用个人魅力获取
  If you say that someonecharmedsomethingout ofyou orfromyou, you mean that they used their charm to persuade you to give it to them.
  1. He is good at charming money out of companies.
     他擅长利用自己的魅力从各家公司套钱。
• (手镯、项链上的)小挂件，小饰物，小玩意
  Acharmis a small ornament that is fixed to a bracelet or necklace.
• N-COUNT 有魔力的物品;咒语;魔法
  Acharmis an act, saying, or object that is believed to have magic powers.
  1. They cross their fingers and spit over their shoulders as charms against the evil eye.
     他们手指交叉，向身后吐口水，作为抵抗邪眼的魔法。
  2. ...a good luck charm.
     护身符
• PHRASE (常指为了获取某物或欺骗某人而)施展魅力
  If someoneturns on the charm, they behave in a way that seems very friendly but which you think is insincere, often in order to obtain something or deceive someone.
  1. He figured out that you're lonely, like most widows, and he turned on the charm.
     他看出你和大多数寡妇一样很寂寞，所以就拿出他的魅力来了。
• PHRASE 立见功效;很成功
  If you say that somethingworked like a charm, you mean that it was very effective or successful.
  1. Economically, the policy worked like a charm.
     从经济上说，这个政策非常奏效。

双语例句

• The floating yoga performance combines yoga postures with artistic dance in water, showing the art of oriental charms.
  漂浮瑜伽融合了瑜伽动作和水中舞蹈艺术，充满了东方艺术韵味。
• I'm missing one of the charms on my bracelet.
  我手链上的一个小饰物丢了。
• But I heard you're the best at making love charms.
  但是我听说爱情魔咒你最在行。
• After the weekend I may like them more than ever, having discovered new virtues and unsuspected charms.
  其实，每次周末过后，我总是更喜欢我的客人，因为我在他们身上又发现了新的美德和未曾知晓的魅力。
• This is a difficult placement, but not without its charms.
  这是一个困难的位置，但并非没有它的魅力。
• I'm afraid his manly charms are starting to fade.
  我担心他的男性魅力已经开始凋谢了。
• To every home the sun imparts its brighter rays,| old peachwood charms, renewed,'gainst evil shall insure.
  千门万户曈曈日，总把新桃换旧符。（王安石《元日》）
• Under "spells" you'll find various spells, charms, curses, and magical effects.
  在“咒语”下你会找到各种咒语，符咒，诅咒和魔法现象。
• He was certainly a pleasant man but wherein lay his charms, she wondered.
  他当然是一个令人喜欢的人，但她不知道人的魅力在哪里。
• On the other hand, this not knowing has its charms.
  不过，从另一方面，我们互不相知也自有它的魅力。