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voodoo

英 ['vuːduː] 美 ['vudu]

解释

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

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中文词源

voodoo 伏都教

来自非洲土著语，神灵，魔鬼。

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.

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例句和用法

1. He's been the object of a voodoo curse.: 他受到伏都教的诅咒.

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!

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?

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.

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”.