單詞
voodoo
英 ['vu?du?]
美['vudu]
基本信息
- n. 伏都教（一種西非原始宗教）；伏都教徒
- vt. 施伏都巫術迷惑
- adj. 伏都教的
暢通詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?voodoos;
中文詞源
voodoo 伏都教
來自非洲土著語，神靈，魔鬼。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. He's been the object of a voodoo curse.
- 他受到伏都教的詛咒.
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Now I have to start my voodoo ritual all over again!
- 你干什么,我現在不得不把巫毒儀式從頭再來一邊!
來自電影對白
- 3. Are you sure you weren't under the local voodoo?
- 你確定你們得到的不是局部數據?
來自電影對白
- 4. I looked to the ground instantly, and I saw my voodoo doll.
- 我馬上向地上看去, 看到了我的伏都人偶.
來自互聯網
- 5. Academics on each side are lambasting the opposing arguments as voodoo economics.
- 兩派的學者們都痛斥對方的主張為“巫術經濟學”.
來自互聯網
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