hoodoo

英 [ˈhuːduː] 美 [ˈhuːduː]

n.  带来厄运的人; 不祥之物
vt.  使(某人)倒霉

复数:hoodoos现在分词:hoodooing过去式:hoodooed第三人称单数:hoodoos过去分词:hoodooed

BNC.46567 / COCA.30866



牛津词典

noun

  1. 带来厄运的人;不祥之物
    a person or thing that brings or causes bad luck

    双语例句

    1. Broadly speaking, conjuring refers to a black folk tradition ( sometimes known as "hoodoo" or "voodoo") in which a person possessing magical powers works spells, often using roots and herbs.
      广义上说,咒术指的是一种黑人民间传统,也就是一个拥有神秘力量的人通常使用植物根茎和草来念咒施法。
    2. You are such a hoodoo.
      你真是个扫把星。
    3. Has many beautiful sceneries scenic spots Enshi to advantage sichuan, for instance the hoodoo, for instance leaps the natural tunnel, iextremely deeply love own hometown.
      恩施到利川有着许多美丽的风景名胜,比如石林,比如腾龙洞,我十分热爱自己的家乡。
    4. But the hoodoo pressure is also to him as does not have any effect.
      而石林的威压似乎对他没有任何作用。
    5. These, along with the bestseller The Bermuda Triangle, published in1974, permanently registered the legend of the "Hoodoo Sea" within popular culture.
      这些,连同热销书百慕大三角一起,在1974年出版,在流行的文化里面永久地打上“不祥海洋”的传说烙印。
    6. 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。
    7. Second, take the national culture traveling industry as the backing, realizes the hoodoo area development with the national culture traveling industrial production development organic synthesis.
      二是以民族文化旅游产业为依托,实现石林地区发展与民族文化旅游产业化开发的有机结合。

    英英释义

    noun

    1. something believed to bring bad luck

      1. a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers

          Synonym:    jujuvoodoofetishfetich

        1. a practitioner of voodoo

          1. (geology) a column of weathered and unusually shaped rock
            1. a tall sandstone hoodoo

          verb

          1. bring bad luck