arcana
/ɑːˈkeɪnə/plural noun
treated as sing. or pl.(sing. arcanum)
1- secrets or mysteries秘密, 奥秘:
all sorts of arcana about medicines and treatments.
关于医药和治疗的各种奥秘。
1.1
- either of the two groups of cards in a tarot pack: the twenty-two trumps (the major arcana) and the fifty-six suit cards (the minor arcana)两堆塔罗牌中的任意一堆:二十二张主牌(大阿卡纳)和五十六张牌(小阿卡纳)。
词源
mid 16th cent.: from Latin, neuter plural of arcanus (see ARCANE).