occult
adjective /ˈɒkʌlt/, /əˈkʌlt/
/əˈkʌlt/
- [only before noun] connected with magic powers and things that cannot be explained by reason or science
神秘的；玄妙的；超自然的；不可思议的 - occult practices
神秘的习俗
- occult practices
- the occultnoun [singular] everything connected with occult practices, etc.
神秘的事物；玄机 - He's interested in witchcraft and the occult.
他对巫术魔法情有独钟。
- He's interested in witchcraft and the occult.
词源late 15th cent. (as a verb): from Latin occultare ‘secrete’, frequentative of occulere ‘conceal’, based on celare ‘to hide’; the adjective and noun from occult- ‘covered over’, from the verb occulere.