hoodoo
英 ['huːduː]
美['hudu]
- n. 招来不幸的人，不祥的人
- vt. 使倒霉
英英释义
- 1. a column of weathered and eccentrically shaped rock;
- "a tall sandstone hoodoo"
- 2. a practitioner of voodoo
- 3. a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers
- 4. something believed to bring bad luck
实用场景例句
- My car seems to have a hoodoo on it it keeps breaking down.
- 我的汽车好像中了邪了--老是出故障.
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中文词源
hoodoo 不祥之物
来自voodoo的拼写变体。
双语例句
- 1. My car seems to have a hoodoo on it it keeps breaking down.
- 我的汽车好像中了邪了--老是出故障.
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英文词源
- hoodoo (n.)
- "one who practices voodoo," 1870, American English, probably an alteration of voodoo. Meaning "something that causes or brings bad luck" is attested from 1880.
词态变化
复数: hoodoos;