voodoo
英 ['vuːduː]
美 ['vudu]
- n. 伏都教（一种西非原始宗教）；伏都教徒
- vt. 施伏都巫术迷惑
- adj. 伏都教的
中文词源
英文词源
- voodoo (n.)
- religious witchcraft of Haiti and Southern U.S., ultimately of African origin, 1850, from Louisiana French voudou, from a West African language (such as Ewe and Fon vodu "spirit, demon, deity," also Vandoo, supposedly the name of an African deity, from a language of Dahomey). Compare vodun "fetish connected with snake worship in Dahomey," said to be from vo "to be afraid," or vo "harmful." The verb is attested from 1880.
双语例句
- 1. He's been the object of a voodoo curse.
- 他受到伏都教的诅咒.
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Now I have to start my voodoo ritual all over again!
- 你干什么,我现在不得不把巫毒仪式从头再来一边!
来自电影对白
- 3. Are you sure you weren't under the local voodoo?
- 你确定你们得到的不是局部数据?
来自电影对白
- 4. I looked to the ground instantly, and I saw my voodoo doll.
- 我马上向地上看去, 看到了我的伏都人偶.
来自互联网
- 5. Academics on each side are lambasting the opposing arguments as voodoo economics.
- 两派的学者们都痛斥对方的主张为“巫术经济学”.
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