hoodoo

英 ['huːduː] 美 ['huːduː]

• n. 不祥的人或物
• v. 使倒霉

英英释义

Noun:

1. (geology) a column of weathered and unusually 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

Verb:

1. bring bad luck; be a source of misfortune

经典引文

• I heard people say hoodoos was cannibals and used to eat babies.

  出自： R. Tallant

近反义词

【近义词】

• fetish 恋物
• juju (某些西非部族所用的)物...
• voodoo 伏都教(一种西非原始宗教...
• fetich 神物