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apotropaic

英 [,æpətrə'peɪɪk] 美 [,æpətrə'peɪk]

adj. 作避邪用的

英文词源

apotropaic (adj.): 1883, with -ic + Greek apotropaios "averting evil," from apotrepein "to turn away, avert," from apo- "off, away" (see apo-) + trepein "to turn" (see trope).