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cult/kʌlt/n. 1 a system of religious worship esp. as expressed in ritual 礼拜，膜拜；祭礼 2a devotion or homage to a person or thing (对人或事物的)狂热崇拜 the cult of aestheticism 对唯美主义的狂热崇拜 b a popular fashion esp. followed by a specific section of society (尤指社会某阶层的)时尚，一时的狂热 3 (作 attrib.) denoting a person or thing popularized in this way (人或事物)风靡一时的，狂热崇拜的 cult film 风靡一时的电影; cult figure 受崇拜的人，偶像 □ cultic adj.□ cultism n.□ cultist n.[French culte or Latin cultus ‘worship’, from colere cult- ‘inhabit, till, worship’] |