hoodoo

名词 hoodoo:

1. (geology) a column of weathered and unusually shaped rock
2. a practitioner of voodoo
3. a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers
   同义词：juju, voodoo, fetish, fetich
4. something believed to bring bad luck

动词 hoodoo:

1. bring back luck; be a source of misfortune

1. My car seems to have a hoodoo on it it keeps breaking down.
   我的汽车好像中了邪了--老是出故障。

hoo.doo

n.（名词）
【复数】 hoo.doos
See voodoo
参见 voodoo

Bad luck.
厄运
One that brings bad luck.
带来厄运的人或物
Geology A column of eccentrically shaped rock, produced by differential weathering.
【地质学】 天然怪岩柱：因受特定的风化侵蚀而形成的形状怪异的岩石
v.tr.（及物动词）
hoo.dooed,hoo.doo.ing,hoo.doos
To bring bad luck to.
使遭厄运

来源：
[Of West African origin]
[源自西非]
possibly from voodoo
可能源自 voodoo

【引伸】
hoo.dooism
n.（名词）