cult
noun /kʌlt/
  /kʌlt/
- [usually singular] cult (of something) a way of life, an attitude, an idea, etc. that has become very popular(对生活方式、态度、观念等的)狂热,时尚,崇拜 - the cult of physical fitness健身热 
- the cult of youth年轻人的时尚观点 
 Collocations Dictionaryadjective- personality
 - figure
- hero
- icon
- …
 - cult of
 
- the cult of physical fitness
- a small group of people who have extreme religious beliefs and who are not part of any established religion(有极端宗教信仰的)异教团体 - Their son ran away from home and joined a cult.他们的儿子离家出走,加入了一个异教团体。 
- the members of a religious cult宗教派别的成员 
 Collocations Dictionaryadjective- religious
- pagan
- satanic
- …
 - leader
- member
- image
- …
 
- Their son ran away from home and joined a cult.
- (formal) a system of religious beliefs and practices宗教信仰;宗教习俗 - the Chinese cult of ancestor worship中国人供奉祖先的习俗 
 Collocations Dictionaryadjective- religious
- pagan
- satanic
- …
 - leader
- member
- image
- …
 
- the Chinese cult of ancestor worship
词源early 17th cent. (originally denoting homage paid to a divinity): from French culte or Latin cultus ‘worship’, from cult- ‘inhabited, cultivated, worshipped’, from the verb colere.