hoodoo
noun /ˈhuːduː/
/ˈhuːduː/
(plural hoodoos)
(especially US English)- a person or thing that brings or causes bad luck
带来厄运的人;不祥之物 词源late 19th cent. (originally US): apparently an alteration of voodoo. It originally denoted a person who practised voodoo, hence a hidden cause of bad luck.