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  1. hoodoo

    • IPA[ˈhuːduː]

    英式

    • n.
      a run of bad luck associated with a particular person, group, or activity;a person or thing that brings or causes bad luck.
    • v.
      bewitch;bring bad luck to
    • noun: hoodoo, plural noun: hoodoos

    • 釋義

    名詞

    • 1. a run of bad luck associated with a particular person, group, or activity the hoodoo continued on Saturday as City went down 1–0 many were hoping that the franchise might finally break its Oscars hoodoo with a few high profile nominations
    • a person or thing that brings or causes bad luck.
    • voodoo ancient armies that were put to sleep by some form of hoodoo a visit to a local hoodoo doctor
    • 2. North American a column or pinnacle of weathered rock a towering sandstone hoodoo

    動詞

    • 1. bewitch she's hoodooed you
    • bring bad luck to a fine player, but repeatedly hoodooed
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    • IPA[ˈho͞oˌdo͞o]

    美式

    • n.
      a religion practiced in parts of the Caribbean and the southern US and characterized by sorcery ... ancient armies that were put to sleep by some form of hoodoo a visit to a local hoodoo doctor
    • v.
      bewitch: she's hoodooed you

    Oxford American Dictionary