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词汇 scry
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Definition of scry in English:

scry

verbscries, scrying, scried skrʌɪskrī
[no object]
  • Foretell the future using a crystal ball or other reflective object or surface.

    用水晶球等占卜

    a mirror used for scrying
    Example sentencesExamples
    • You can scry through time you know, only not to the future.
    • Moody has a mirrored room where guests come to scry, hoping for a visit from a dead loved one.
    • I don't need to scry for the girl, I need to scry for the demon.
    • He has not been seen since yesterday… he has not been seen since yesterday… has not been seen since yesterday… since yesterday… and I never stinking learned to scry!
    • ‘He can't scry either then,’ she said, thinking that might not be a bad thing.
    • So you don't have to do anything to scry, just look?
    • Preparations are simple; to scry, apart from the ability itself, one needs any form of water, in some sort of enclosure.
    • I don't know how to explain the sudden need to scry… but Prospero is an animal.
    • I'll see what I can scry, but later; I'm not trying that without a few protection spells.
    • ‘We have to find them fast,’ Millie said, grabbing a crystal and starting to scry with it.
    • He picked up a necklace belonging to Dylan that had been concecrated and, concentrating on Dylan, used it to scry with.
    • He could scry anything he wished with no spells or chants, and could even scry through time.
    • Dolphindo said bluntly. ‘I'll scry for her as well, but the Laprix is really quite frantic about her.’
    • Part of my researches involved calling in a, um, colleague, to help Anya scry into the other timeline.
    • While he performed the spell he allowed his thoughts to drift back to his scry, and of Verna's petrified green eyes boring into his pleased red ones.
    • Picking up the scrying crystal, she headed to the map and began to scry for a sorcerer.
    • The Head Librarian has the express permission of the university to read the minds of, scry, or otherwise divinate the intentions and personality of any patron applying to enter the section (s).
    • ‘I'll scry for Caleb as soon as I get the chance,’ Will promised.
    • It'd be a simple matter to scry for something as singular as a Keystone.
    • Realizing that something was indeed watching her through the use of magic, Gwen shuddered, unable to think of anything that had the power to scry with out using water.
    • She would have wretched and thrown up at that very moment but luckily, she hadn't eaten anything today so she would be fit to scry.

Derivatives

  • scryer

  • noun
    • I was told where to go by the scryers in the scrying room.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Morpheus motioned for two idle scryers to grab Pen by the arms and lead her to the door, where the scryer in front had stepped away.
      • Sora, you can grow wings, but you also have the ability of telepathy and to become a potential scryer.
      • He had had half a dozen scryers scry out the situation at the city centre, since radars tended to go all awry when it came to the Disruption Fields put up by all starguards and hellguards.
      • ‘So,’ she began turning to the nearest scryers, ‘What dreamscape are we going into next?’
      • The Gatherings began to attract some interesting and unusual people including psychics, remote viewers, psychometrists and scryers.

Origin

Early 16th century: shortening of descry.

Rhymes

ally, Altai, apply, assai, awry, ay, aye, Baha'i, belie, bi, Bligh, buy, by, bye, bye-bye, chi, Chiangmai, Ciskei, comply, cry, Cy, Dai, defy, deny, Di, die, do-or-die, dry, Dubai, dye, espy, eye, fie, fly, forbye, fry, Frye, goodbye (US goodby), guy, hereby, hi, hie, high, I, imply, I-spy, July, kai, lie, lye, Mackay, misapply, my, nearby, nigh, Nye, outfly, passer-by, phi, pi, pie, ply, pry, psi, Qinghai, rai, rely, rocaille, rye, serai, shanghai, shy, sigh, sky, Skye, sky-high, sly, spin-dry, spry, spy, sty, Sukhotai, supply, Tai, Thai, thereby, thigh, thy, tie, Transkei, try, tumble-dry, underlie, Versailles, Vi, vie, whereby, why, wry, Wye, xi, Xingtai, Yantai

Definition of scry in US English:

scry

verbskrī
[no object]
  • Foretell the future using a crystal ball or other reflective object or surface.

    用水晶球等占卜

    a mirror used for scrying
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I don't need to scry for the girl, I need to scry for the demon.
    • I don't know how to explain the sudden need to scry… but Prospero is an animal.
    • Dolphindo said bluntly. ‘I'll scry for her as well, but the Laprix is really quite frantic about her.’
    • Picking up the scrying crystal, she headed to the map and began to scry for a sorcerer.
    • He could scry anything he wished with no spells or chants, and could even scry through time.
    • Moody has a mirrored room where guests come to scry, hoping for a visit from a dead loved one.
    • So you don't have to do anything to scry, just look?
    • ‘He can't scry either then,’ she said, thinking that might not be a bad thing.
    • I'll see what I can scry, but later; I'm not trying that without a few protection spells.
    • Preparations are simple; to scry, apart from the ability itself, one needs any form of water, in some sort of enclosure.
    • She would have wretched and thrown up at that very moment but luckily, she hadn't eaten anything today so she would be fit to scry.
    • It'd be a simple matter to scry for something as singular as a Keystone.
    • ‘I'll scry for Caleb as soon as I get the chance,’ Will promised.
    • He has not been seen since yesterday… he has not been seen since yesterday… has not been seen since yesterday… since yesterday… and I never stinking learned to scry!
    • Realizing that something was indeed watching her through the use of magic, Gwen shuddered, unable to think of anything that had the power to scry with out using water.
    • Part of my researches involved calling in a, um, colleague, to help Anya scry into the other timeline.
    • ‘We have to find them fast,’ Millie said, grabbing a crystal and starting to scry with it.
    • He picked up a necklace belonging to Dylan that had been concecrated and, concentrating on Dylan, used it to scry with.
    • The Head Librarian has the express permission of the university to read the minds of, scry, or otherwise divinate the intentions and personality of any patron applying to enter the section (s).
    • You can scry through time you know, only not to the future.
    • While he performed the spell he allowed his thoughts to drift back to his scry, and of Verna's petrified green eyes boring into his pleased red ones.

Origin

Early 16th century: shortening of descry.

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