occult
occult 英 [əˈkʌlt] 美 [ˈɑkʌlt]
adj. 神秘的；超自然的；难以理解的 vt. 掩蔽 n. 神秘学
进行时:occulting 过去式:occulted 过去分词:occulted 第三人称单数:occults 名词复数:occults
- Dark and mysterious, the occult is a kind of supernatural power or magic. If you see your neighbor chanting over a giant vat of bubbling brew in the middle of the night, there's a chance he's dabbling in the occult.
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- adj. 神秘的；超自然的；难以理解的
- vt. 掩蔽
- n. 神秘学
- vi. 被掩蔽
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1. However, occult investigators who have been able to function in one of the spiritual worlds, called the World of Thought, find that it is different there.
然而，已经能够在其中的一个精神世界中活动的神秘调查者把这个世界称为思想，他们发现那里是不同的。
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2. 'occult' is a word that covers a range of practices that all have one thing in common … they look to a source outside of the God of the bible for supernatural activity.
神秘是一个包含了一系列练习的词，所有这些有一件事是相同的… ，人们期望在圣经的上帝之外看到一个超级活跃的源泉。
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3. Since his death, various occult organizations have adopted him as a model figure or even as a powerful deity.
自从他死后，各种各样的神秘组织把他当作他们的模范甚至是一个强大的神。
- occult (adj.) 1530s, "secret, not divulged," from Middle French occulte and directly from Latin occultus "hidden, concealed, secret," past participle of occulere "cover over, conceal," from assimilated form of ob "over" (see ob-) + a verb related to celare "to hide," from PIE root *kel-(1) "to cover, conceal, save." Meaning "not apprehended by the mind, beyond the range of understanding" is from 1540s. The association with the supernatural sciences (magic, alchemy, astrology, etc.) dates from 1630s.
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