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fetish

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++fet·ish /ˈfetɪʃ/ noun [countable]  1 SYa desire for sex that comes from seeing a particular type of object or doing a particular activity, especially when the object or activity is considered unusual 〔看见某物品或做某事引起性欲的〕恋物〔尤为不寻常之物或事〕 a leather fetish 恋皮革癖2 OBSESSIONsomething you are always thinking about or spending too much time doing 迷恋的事[] obsessionfetish for/about Sue has a real fetish about keeping everything tidy. 休有把一切保持整洁的癖好。
Examples from the Corpus
fetishAmericans seem to have a fetish for watering their golf courses.One of the problems with traditional remedial teaching has been that spelling and neatness are fetishes.According to Gandhi, it is when symbols become fetishes and embodiments of the divine, that they might be construed as idols.Female fetishes include male bodily hair, buttocks and odours associated with the male.a foot fetishShe told stories about the band's alcoholic binges, their arrests on drug charges, and even about one member's foot fetish.
Origin fetish (1600-1700) French fétiche, from Portuguese feitiço artificial, false
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fetish
fetish /ˈfetɪʃ/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1600-1700
 Language: French
 Origin: fétiche, from Portuguese feitiço 'artificial, false'
1. a desire for sex that comes from seeing a particular type of object or doing a particular activity, especially when the object or activity is considered unusual:
    a leather fetish
2. something you are always thinking about or spending too much time doing ⇨ obsession
    fetish for/about
    Sue has a real fetish about keeping everything tidy.


fet·ishBrE /ˈfetɪʃ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfetɪʃ/ 🔊 noun(usually disapproving) the fact that a person spends too much time doing or thinking about a particular thing or thinks that it is more important than it really is 迷恋;癖She has a fetish about cleanliness. 她有洁癖。🔊🔊He makes a fetish of his work. 他迷上了他的工作。🔊🔊the fact of getting sexual pleasure from a particular object (从某物获得性快感的)恋物to have a leather fetish有恋皮革癖an object that some people worship because they believe that it has magic powers 奉若神明之物;物神 fet·ish·ism BrE /ˈfetɪʃɪzəm/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfetɪʃɪzəm/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] a magazine specializing in rubber fetishism专登橡胶恋物的杂志the importance of animal fetishism in the history of Egypt动物崇拜在埃及史上的重要性 fet·ish·ist BrE /ˈfetɪʃɪst/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfetɪʃɪst/ 🔊 nouna leather fetishist有恋皮革癖者 fet·ish·is·tic BrE /ˌfetɪˈʃɪstɪk/ 🔊NAmE /ˌfetɪˈʃɪstɪk/ 🔊 adjective