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Wizard 音標拼音: [w'ɪzɚd] n. 向導
n. 男巫,術士,鬼才
a. 男巫的,巫術的,有魔力的 向導男巫,術士,鬼才男巫的,巫術的,有魔力的 wizard adj 1: possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers; " charming incantations"; " magic signs that protect against adverse influence"; " a magical spell"; "' tis now the very witching time of night"- Shakespeare; " wizard wands"; " wizardly powers" [ synonym: { charming}, { magic}, { magical}, { sorcerous}, { witching( a)}, { wizard( a)}, { wizardly}] n 1: someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field [ synonym: { ace}, { adept}, { champion}, { sensation}, { maven}, { mavin}, { virtuoso}, { genius}, { hotshot}, { star}, { superstar}, { whiz}, { whizz}, { wizard}, { wiz}] 2: one who practices magic or sorcery [ synonym: { sorcerer}, { magician}, { wizard}, { necromancer}, { thaumaturge}, { thaumaturgist}] Wizard \ Wiz" ard\, a. 1. Enchanting; charming. -- Collins. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Haunted by wizards. [ 1913 Webster] Where Deva spreads her wizard stream. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster]
Wizard \ Wiz" ard\, n. [ Probably from wise - ard.] 1. A wise man; a sage. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] See how from far upon the eastern road The star- led wizards [ Magi] haste with odors sweet! -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. One devoted to the black art; a magician; a conjurer; a sorcerer; an enchanter. [ 1913 Webster] The wily wizard must be caught. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 87 Moby Thesaurus words for " wizard": Comus, Faust, OK, ace, ace- high, artist, authority, bad, bang- up, bonzer, boss, bully, but good, conjurer, cool, corking, crackerjack, dandy, delicious, diabolist, diviner, dowser, ducky, enchanter, fab, fine and dandy, first- rater, gear, genius, good hand, great, groovy, heavy, hot, hunky- dory, jam- up, just dandy, keen, mage, magician, magus, mahatma, man of genius, marvy, master, master hand, mastermind, mean, miracle- worker, neat, necromancer, nifty, nobby, okay, out of sight, past master, peachy, peachy- keen, practiced hand, prodigy, professional, proficient, ripping, rum, sage, scrumptious, skilled hand, slap- up, smashing, solid, something else, sorcerer, spiffing, spiffy, star, stunning, superstar, swell, thaumaturge, thaumaturgist, theurgist, topnotcher, tough, virtuoso, warlock, water witch, whiz1. A person who knows how a complex piece of software or
hardware works ( that is, who { groks} it); especially someone
who can find and fix bugs quickly in an emergency. Someone is
a { hacker} if he or she has general hacking ability, but is a
wizard with respect to something only if he or she has
specific detailed knowledge of that thing. A good hacker
could become a wizard for something given the time to study
it.
2. A person who is permitted to do things forbidden to
ordinary people; one who has { wheel} privileges on a system.
3. A Unix expert, especially a Unix systems programmer. This
usage is well enough established that " Unix Wizard" is a
recognised job title at some corporations and to most
headhunters.
See { guru}, { lord high fixer}. See also { deep magic}, { heavy
wizardry}, { incantation}, { magic}, { mutter}, { rain dance},
{ voodoo programming}, { wave a dead chicken}.
4. An interactive help utility that guides the user through a
potentially complex task, such as configuring a { PPP} driver
to work with a new { modem}. Wizards are often implemented as
a sequence of { dialog boxes} which the user can move forward
and backward through, filling in the details required. The
implication is that the expertise of a human wizard in one of
the above senses is encapsulated in the software wizard,
allowing the average user to perform expertly.
[{ Jargon File}]
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