voodoo

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voo·doo /ˈvuːduː/ noun [uncountable]  ROMRRmagical beliefs and practices used as a form of religion, especially by people in Haiti 〔尤指海地人信仰的〕伏都教(巫术)

Examples from the Corpus

voodoo• Jonnie said he was going to a voodoo ceremony that night.• a voodoo priest• He taught me about voodoo, about the spirit of the rain and the spirit of the wind.• On the whole, lawyers look at marketing as voodoo.• Chucha started to unravel her bundle, and we all guessed she was about to do a little farewell voodoo on us.• It may work, or it might be just another item from the guitar voodoo handbook.• Like voodoo, or sympathetic medicine.• It's no longer voodoo and mumbo-jumbo to us.• It was something in the air, she decided, some voodoo spell maybe.Origin voodoo (1800-1900) Louisiana French voudou, from an African language

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voodoo
voo‧doo /ˈvuːduː/ noun [uncountable]magical beliefs and practices used as a form of religion, especially by people in Haiti
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ magic noun [uncountable] the power to make impossible things happen, by saying special words or doing special actions: In the story, she uses magic to turn him into a frog. | Local people believe that he can heal wounds and illnesses using magic.
   ▪ witchcraft noun [uncountable] the use of magic, usually to do bad things: Hundreds of women were accused of witchcraft in the 1600s.
   ▪ spell noun [countable] a special set of words or actions that are used to make something happen by magic: a magic spell | An evil witch cast a spell on him (=said a special set of words or did a special series of actions, in order to make something happen to someone by magic), turning him into a beast.
   ▪ curse (also hex American English) noun [countable] something that makes someone or something have bad luck: The house seemed to have a curse on it. | People believed the pharaoh would put a curse on (=use magic to make them have bad luck)anyone who broke into the tomb. | She believed her former husband had put a hex on her.
   ▪ the occult mysterious powers and events that involve magic and spirits: He was very interested in the occult.
   ▪ voodoo noun [uncountable] magical beliefs and practices used as a form of religion: a voodoo curse | In Haiti, the people still practice voodoo.

voo·dooBrE /ˈvuːduː/ 🔊NAmE /ˈvuːduː/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] a religion that is practised especially in Haiti and involves magic and witchcraft 伏都教，巫毒教（尤指在海地奉行的一种宗教，涉及魔法和巫术）