[mass noun]voodoo; witchcraft 伏都教;魔法,巫术 ■[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?。 ■[count noun]a person or thing that brings or causes bad luck 带来(或导致)霉运的人(或物)
(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.]bewitch 蛊惑,迷惑 she's hoodooed you. 她把你迷惑了。 ■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。
语源
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