Occult
[ɒ'kʌlt;'ɒkʌlt] or [ə'kʌlt]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) supernatural practices and techniques; 'he is a student of the occult'.
(verb.) hide from view; 'The lids were occulting her eyes'.
(verb.) become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished; 'The beam of light occults every so often'.
(adj.) hidden and difficult to see; 'an occult fracture'; 'occult blood in the stool' .
伊丽莎白手打--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Hidden from the eye or the understanding; inviable; secret; concealed; unknown.
(v. t.) To eclipse; to hide from sight.
阿方索整理
同義詞及近義詞:
a. Hidden, secret, unrevealed, unknown, undiscovered, mysterious, mystic, mystical, recondite, cabalistic, latent, abstruse, veiled, shrouded, under a cover, under a cloud.
吉尔伯特校對
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Latent, hidden, unrevealed, mysterious, secret, dark, unknown
ANT:Developed, plain, patent_clear, familiar, exposed, open
亚瑟校對
解釋/意思:
adj. covered over: escaping observation: hidden: not discovered without test or experiment: secret unknown transcending the bounds of natural knowledge.—n. Occultā′tion a concealing esp. of one of the heavenly bodies by another: state of being hid.—adj. Occult′ed (Shak.) hidden secret: (astron.) concealed as by a body coming between.—ns. Occult′ism the doctrine or study of things hidden or mysterious—theosophy &c.; Occult′ist one who believes in occult things.—adv. Occult′ly.—n. Occult′ness.—Occult sciences alchemy astrology magic &c.
伊妮德編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- This consolation principally consists in their invention of the words: faculty and occult quality. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- He wanted to know for himself how things went, why for some occult reason a little change was necessary, what improvement could be made in the material. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- He looked as if he suspected me of some occult medical design on Miss Verinder! 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- With an almost occult carefulness he turned the door handle, and opened the door an inch. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- The Reindeer Men's drawings are fearless familiar things, with no hint about them of any religious or occult feelings. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
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