apotropaic
英 [,æpətrə'peɪɪk]
美[,æpətrə'peɪk]
- adj. 作避邪用的
英英释义
- 1. having the power to prevent evil or bad luck
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).