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单词 voodoo
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Definition of voodoo in English:

voodoo

nounPlural voodoos ˈvuːduːˈvuˌdu
mass noun
  • 1A black religious cult practised in the Caribbean and the southern US, combining elements of Roman Catholic ritual with traditional African magical and religious rites, and characterized by sorcery and spirit possession.

    伏都教;伏都巫术(加勒比和美国南部地区信奉的一种黑人宗教崇拜,它糅合了罗马天主教礼仪成分和传统非洲魔法和宗教礼仪,以巫术和精灵附身为特点)

    they can use voodoo to help people
    if you understand voodoo you can talk to these spirits
    as modifier a voodoo doll
    a voodoo priest
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The West African and trans-Caribbean influences in the South are best seen in spiritual ceremonies that evoke elements from voodoo rituals.
    • Two autobiographical pieces from that time interpreted the illness through voodoo imagery and, he believes, produced a cure.
    • Haiti has just recognized voodoo as an official religion.
    • As a religion, voodoo was indeed a critical force against the external authority of French colonial and American imperial powers.
    • Followers of spirit worship and voodoo, which was introduced into the country by Haitian immigrants, are thought to number about 60,000.
    • These beliefs in establishing an actual connection with the world beyond death are closer to the beliefs of African-based religions such as voodoo than to those of Christianity.
    • Nevertheless, most of what a person learns of her in the touristy parts of the French Quarter are myths, twisted truths and lies - as is often the case with most things voodoo.
    • According to widespread Haitian beliefs, voodoo sorcerers would administer a ‘magic powder’ to their victim.
    • When people hear the word ‘mystic’, what immediately comes to mind is quackery, voodoo, black magic and the like.
    • While the poems work as dramatic monologues in their own right, they are also metaphors for the human search for faith and truth, in art, religion and, yes, even voodoo dolls.
    • African and Caribbean slaves combined Christianity and voodoo; whites traded in coffin spoons, pored over dream books, said the Lord's Prayer backward to ward off rain.
    • Advocates say voodoo is a legitimate African-based religion that has been unfairly maligned in movies and popular culture.
    • An expert on African ritual practices who has been advising the police on the case said that it might be linked to West African voodoo.
    • Beyond the evil, pin-covered voodoo dolls and scary zombies of clichéd movie lore lies the complex tapestry of real-life Haitian Vodoun or Voodoo.
    • While some tourists may think it is thrilling to shop at a voodoo supply store or to visit the tomb of Marie Laveau, those same people might not want to sleep in a house that was haunted by voodoo spirits.
    • The hundreds of spirits in the voodoo pantheon invest their power in both African imagery and in corresponding identities, including Catholic saints.
    • To boost business the team developed new product lines, and discovered an independent design team in Thailand that employs traditional skills to create handmade voodoo dolls.
    • But it also plays with core elements of the Haitian voodoo tradition, of Caribbean magic, and of African rituals as well.
    • Others looked to traditions that survived to the present day: to African animism, to Santeria and voodoo, to American Indian religions, even to Hinduism.
    • Before that, zombie films amounted to cheesy 1930s-inspired movies about voodoo cults.
    1. 1.1count noun A person skilled in voodoo.
      伏都巫术师
verbvoodooed, voodooing, voodoosˈvuːduːˈvuˌdu
[with object]
  • Affect (someone) by the practice of voodoo.

    someone had voodooed her
    Example sentencesExamples
    • ‘So let me get this straight,’ I said through hot tears, ‘you've been… voodooing the people around you, to get your way.’

Derivatives

  • voodooism

  • noun ˈvuːduːɪz(ə)mˈvuˌduˌɪzəm
    • The influx of black slaves brought with it a culture from the African continent including voodooism, still widely practised today.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I wanted the facts of the book to stand up on their own, so I had to read a lot about lighthouses, the legacy of slavery in Scotland and about the religions of voodooism and Gnosticism.
  • voodooist

  • noun
    • There's a quite effective twist ending where the identity of the real voodooist is revealed, even if this doesn't really make sense in terms of motivation.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Very little is known about Pritchard, Marie Laveau, or any other 19 th-century voodooists.
      • Savannah's port-city origins (it lies on the Savannah River, just inland from the Atlantic Ocean) incorporate an early population of colonists, slaves, voodooists, sailors, traders and pirates with unique social and religious beliefs.
      • To a voodooist, what a Christian might refer to as the soul, comes in two parts.
      • The Beninois are deeply proud of their imperial past and their religious traditions, especially the worship of the vodun, or mysteries, which have inspired similar faiths among millions in the New World, from the voodooists of Haiti to practitioners of candomble in Brazil and santeria in Cuba.

Origin

Early 19th century: from Louisiana French, from Kwa vodũ.

Rhymes

hoodoo, kudu

Definition of voodoo in US English:

voodoo

nounˈvuˌduˈvo͞oˌdo͞o
  • 1A black religious cult practiced in the Caribbean and the southern US, combining elements of Roman Catholic ritual with traditional African magical and religious rites, and characterized by sorcery and spirit possession.

    伏都教;伏都巫术(加勒比和美国南部地区信奉的一种黑人宗教崇拜,它糅合了罗马天主教礼仪成分和传统非洲魔法和宗教礼仪,以巫术和精灵附身为特点)

    they can use voodoo to help people
    if you understand voodoo you can talk to these spirits
    as modifier a voodoo doll
    a voodoo priest
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Nevertheless, most of what a person learns of her in the touristy parts of the French Quarter are myths, twisted truths and lies - as is often the case with most things voodoo.
    • Followers of spirit worship and voodoo, which was introduced into the country by Haitian immigrants, are thought to number about 60,000.
    • As a religion, voodoo was indeed a critical force against the external authority of French colonial and American imperial powers.
    • These beliefs in establishing an actual connection with the world beyond death are closer to the beliefs of African-based religions such as voodoo than to those of Christianity.
    • Two autobiographical pieces from that time interpreted the illness through voodoo imagery and, he believes, produced a cure.
    • African and Caribbean slaves combined Christianity and voodoo; whites traded in coffin spoons, pored over dream books, said the Lord's Prayer backward to ward off rain.
    • Haiti has just recognized voodoo as an official religion.
    • To boost business the team developed new product lines, and discovered an independent design team in Thailand that employs traditional skills to create handmade voodoo dolls.
    • While the poems work as dramatic monologues in their own right, they are also metaphors for the human search for faith and truth, in art, religion and, yes, even voodoo dolls.
    • The hundreds of spirits in the voodoo pantheon invest their power in both African imagery and in corresponding identities, including Catholic saints.
    • When people hear the word ‘mystic’, what immediately comes to mind is quackery, voodoo, black magic and the like.
    • According to widespread Haitian beliefs, voodoo sorcerers would administer a ‘magic powder’ to their victim.
    • The West African and trans-Caribbean influences in the South are best seen in spiritual ceremonies that evoke elements from voodoo rituals.
    • Advocates say voodoo is a legitimate African-based religion that has been unfairly maligned in movies and popular culture.
    • Beyond the evil, pin-covered voodoo dolls and scary zombies of clichéd movie lore lies the complex tapestry of real-life Haitian Vodoun or Voodoo.
    • While some tourists may think it is thrilling to shop at a voodoo supply store or to visit the tomb of Marie Laveau, those same people might not want to sleep in a house that was haunted by voodoo spirits.
    • Before that, zombie films amounted to cheesy 1930s-inspired movies about voodoo cults.
    • But it also plays with core elements of the Haitian voodoo tradition, of Caribbean magic, and of African rituals as well.
    • Others looked to traditions that survived to the present day: to African animism, to Santeria and voodoo, to American Indian religions, even to Hinduism.
    • An expert on African ritual practices who has been advising the police on the case said that it might be linked to West African voodoo.
    1. 1.1 A person skilled in voodoo.
      伏都巫术师
verbˈvuˌduˈvo͞oˌdo͞o
[with object]
  • Affect (someone) by the practice of voodoo.

    someone had voodooed her
    Example sentencesExamples
    • ‘So let me get this straight,’ I said through hot tears, ‘you've been… voodooing the people around you, to get your way.’

Origin

Early 19th century: from Louisiana French, from Kwa vodũ.

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