hoodoo
hoodoo
noun
noun
- [mass noun]voodoo; witchcraft
伏都教；魔法，巫术
■[count noun]a run of bad luck associated with a person or activity
（与人、活动相联系的）一连串霉运
when is this hoodoo going to end?.
这一连串的霉运何时才到头啊？。
■[count noun]a person or thing that brings or causes bad luck
带来（或导致）霉运的人（或物） - (chiefly N. Amer.)a column or pinnacle of weathered rock
(主北美)（岩石风化而成的）圆柱岩石，尖顶岩石
a towering sandstone hoodoo.
高耸的砂岩柱。
- [with obj.]bewitch
蛊惑，迷惑
she's hoodooed you.
她把你迷惑了。
■bring bad luck to
使倒霉，带厄运给…
a fine player, but repeatedly hoodooed.
一个不错的选手，但经常运气不佳。
- late 19th cent. (originally US): apparently an alteration of voodoo. It originally denoted a person who practised voodoo, hence a hidden cause of bad luck (sense 1). Sense 2 is apparently due to the resemblance of the rock column to a strange human form, often topped by an overhanging ‘hat’ of harder rock
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