cult
/kʌlt/noun
1- a system of religious veneration and devotion directed towards a particular figure or object膜拜; 膜拜仪式：
the cult of St Olaf
对圣奥拉夫的膜拜。
1.1
- a relatively small group of people having religious beliefs or practices regarded by others as strange or sinister异教（徒）, 邪教（徒）：
a network of Satan-worshipping cults
崇拜撒旦的邪教网。
1.2
- a misplaced or excessive admiration for a particular person or thing（对特定的人或物的）狂热崇拜, 迷信：
the cult of the pursuit of money as an end in itself
以追逐金钱本身为目的的拜金主义。
1.3
- a person or thing that is popular or fashionable, especially among a particular section of society（尤指在特定社会阶层中）受人欢迎的人（或事物）, 时髦的人（或事物）：
the series has become a bit of a cult in the UK
该系列节目在英国已成为一个相当受欢迎的节目
as modifier a cult film一部风靡一时的电影。
派生词
cultic
adjectivecultish
adjectivecultishness
nouncultism
nouncultist
noun词源
early 17th cent. (originally denoting homage paid to a divinity)： from French culte or Latin cultus 'worship', from cult- 'inhabited, cultivated, worshipped', from the verb colere.