1
- mass noun voodoo; witchcraft伏都教; 魔法, 巫术。
1.1
- count noun a run of bad luck associated with a person or activity（与人、活动相联系的）一连串霉运：
when is this hoodoo going to end?
这一连串的霉运何时才到头啊？
1.2
- count noun a person or thing that brings or causes bad luck带来（或导致）霉运的人（或物）。
2
- chiefly N. Amer. a column or pinnacle of weathered rock〈主北美〉（岩石风化而成的）圆柱岩石, 尖顶岩石：
a towering sandstone hoodoo.
高耸的砂岩柱。
(hoodoos, hoodooed)with obj.
1- bewitch蛊惑, 迷惑：
she's hoodooed you.
她把你迷惑了。
1.1
- bring bad luck to使倒霉, 带厄运给…：
a fine player, but repeatedly hoodooed.
一个不错的选手, 但经常运气不佳。
词源
late 19th cent. (originally US)： apparently an alteration of VOODOO. It originally denoted a person who practised voodoo, hence a hidden cause of bad luck (sense 1). Sense 2 is apparently due to the resemblance of the rock column to a strange human form, often topped by an overhanging 'hat' of harder rock.