amulet
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++am·u·let /ˈæmjələt, -let $ -lət/ noun [countable] LUCKYa small piece of jewellery worn to protect against bad luck, disease etc 护身符，驱邪物〔为驱邪、防病等佩戴的小件珠宝〕
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amulet• He handed over a ring and an amulet that I recognised.• Any infant protected by an amulet bearing the names of the angels would be immune from her attentions.• If they had asked, I would have pulled them myself, woven them into an amulet.• A Weston light meter in a leather case dangled from his neck like an amulet.• She found bronze cloak pins, clasps, bead amulets and hair-combs.• Like his men, he was protected by magical Buddhist amulets that were knotted into the scarf.Origin amulet (1500-1600) Latin amuletumam·u·let nounChineseSyllable
a jewellery worn Corpus of piece small to
amulet
am‧u‧let /ˈæmjələt, ˈæmjʊlət, -let $ -lət/
noun [countable]
am‧u‧let /ˈæmjələt, ˈæmjʊlət, -let $ -lət/
noun [countable] Date: 1500-1600
Language: Latin
Origin: amuletum
a small piece of jewellery worn to protect against bad luck, disease etc
Language: Latin
Origin: amuletum