obeah

n. 奥比巫术, 奥比巫术所用的符咒

发音

UK /ˈəʊbɪə/
其它 /ˈobia/

词形变化

obeahs 复数 obeahs obeahed obeahing obeahs 三单 obeahing 现在分词 obeahed 过去式 obeahed 过去分词

别名

obe obea obi obia oby

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A form of folk magic, medicine or witchcraft originating in Africa and practised in parts of the Caribbean.

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  2. 2.

    A magician or witch doctor of the magic craft.

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  3. 3.

    A spell performed in the practice of the magic craft; an item associated with such a spell.

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v.
  1. 1.

    To bewitch using this kind of folk magic.

    及物

    A poor old woman who thinks she has been Obeahed lies ill in an isolated hut on the short cut to New Castle. I discovered her while out shooting, and promised to send her medical aid. Her case is pressing.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

obi

上位词 2

cult cultus

相关短语

obeah doctor 巫医 obeah doctors

词源

Uncertain; apparently from a Caribbean creole, probably ultimately from a West African language. The Oxford English Dictionary points to Igbo abià (“knowledge, wisdom”), obìa (“doctor, healer”). Cognate of Aukan obiya, Saramaccan obia, and Sranan Tongo obia.

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