[with obj.]make (something) appear unexpectedly or seemingly from nowhere as if by magic
如用魔术般地变出
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Anne conjured up a most delicious home-made hot pot .安妮魔术般地变出了一壶烫好的极醇美的自酿酒。
call (an image) to the mind
使呈现于脑际；想像
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she had forgotten how to conjure up the image of her mother's face .她已想不起她母亲的脸长得什么样了。
(of a word, sound, smell, etc. )cause someone to feel or think of (something)
（词、声音、气味等）使感到；使想起，使追忆
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a special tune that conjures up a particular time and place .令人想起特别时刻及场合的专用曲调。
call upon (a spirit or ghost) to appear by means of a magic ritual
施魔法召唤（神灵，鬼魂）
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they hoped to conjure up the spirit of their dead friend .他们希望能施魔法召来已逝朋友的灵魂。
[with obj. and infinitive]
〈古〉 恳求，祈求。
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a name to conjure with used to indicate that one believes a person to be important within a particular sphere of activity 被认为在某活动领域中很重要且有影响的人on the merger scene his is a name to conjure with . 他在合并现场扮演了重要的角色
"Middle English （also in the sense ‘oblige by oath’）： from Old French
