| 词汇 | occult |
| 释义 | occultWord family nounoccultationoccultismoccultistoccultnessadjectiveoccultedoccultingoccultadverboccultly Occult oc·cult1 /ˈɒkʌlt, əˈkʌlt $ əˈkʌlt, ˈɑːkʌlt/ noun the occult ROmysterious practices and powers involving magic and spirits 神秘学；神秘仪式；魔法 He was a strange man who dabbled in the occult. 他是个懂一点魔法的怪人。 Examples from the Corpus the occult• Throughout his life he maintained an interest in the occult.• Dahmer's family feared he was involved in the occult.• By the late 1880s , the spreading fascination with the occult sparked a new direction among several young artists. —occultist noun [countableC] Examples from the Corpus occult• Throughout his life he maintained an interest in the occult.• Whereas practitioners of the occult would explain everything by magic, modern science has recognized the limitations of its knowledge.• Though once cloaked in the trappings of the occult, conversations with local psychics suggest a slightly more psychotherapeutic approach.• It was not associated with the occult until the eighteenth century at the earliest. occult2 adjectiveadj [only before noun] ROmagical and mysterious 玄妙的；奥秘的；神秘的；超自然的 occult practices 神秘习俗 the occult powers 超自然力量 Examples from the Corpus occult• occult beliefs• That they may also be interested in pursuing their aims by occult means should afford no surprise.• Behavioral technology does not escape as easily as physical and biological technology because it threatens too many occult qualities. (1500-1600) Latin occultus, from occulere “to cover up” |
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