fetish
noun /ˈfetɪʃ/
/ˈfetɪʃ/
- (usually disapproving) the fact that a person spends too much time doing or thinking about a particular thing or thinks that it is more important than it really is
迷恋;癖 - She has a fetish about cleanliness.
她有洁癖。 - He makes a fetish of his work.
他迷上了他的工作。
- She has a fetish about cleanliness.
- the fact of getting sexual pleasure from a particular object
(从某物获得性快感的)恋物 - to have a leather fetish
有恋皮革癖
- to have a leather fetish
- an object that some people worship because they believe that it has magic powers
奉若神明之物;物神
词源early 17th cent. (originally denoting an object used by the peoples of West Africa as an amulet or charm): from French fétiche, from Portuguese feitiço ‘charm, sorcery’ (originally an adjective meaning ‘made by art’), from Latin facticius, from facere ‘do, make’.