Voodoo

['vuːduː] or ['vudu]

解释:

(noun.) a religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities.

(noun.) (Haiti) followers of a religion that involves witchcraft and animistic deities.

(verb.) bewitch by or as if by a voodoo.

录入:厄普顿--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) See Voodooism.

(n.) One who practices voodooism; a negro sorcerer.

(a.) Of or pertaining to voodooism, or a voodoo; as, voodoo incantations.

埃利奥特录入

解释:

n. the name given in the southern United States to any practiser of witchcraft or of any charm incantation &c. especially when tinctured with African rites or superstitions: the supreme evil spirit of the voodoos.—adj. pertaining to the rites or practices of the voodoo.—v.t. to affect by voodoo charms.—n. Voodoo′ism voodoo superstitions.

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