資料來源 : pyDict
魔杖,嫩枝,細枝;短杖,權杖
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Wand \Wand\, n. [Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. v["o]ndr, akin to
Dan. vaand, Goth. wandus; perhaps originally, a pliant twig,
and akin to E. wind to turn.]
1. A small stick; a rod; a verge.
With good smart blows of a wand on his back.
--Locke.
2. Specifically:
(a) A staff of authority.
Though he had both spurs and wand, they seemed
rather marks of sovereignty than instruments of
punishment. --Sir P.
Sidney.
(b) A rod used by conjurers, diviners, magicians, etc.
Picus bore a buckler in his hand; His other
waved a long divining wand. --Dryden.
{Wand of peace} (Scots Law), a wand, or staff, carried by the
messenger of a court, which he breaks when deforced (that
is, hindered from executing process), as a symbol of the
deforcement, and protest for remedy of law. --Burrill.
資料來源 : WordNet®
wand
n 1: a baton used by a magician or water diviner
2: a ceremonial or emblematic staff [syn: {scepter}, {sceptre},
{verge}]