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occult

adjective
🔊/ˈɒkʌlt/, 🔊/əˈkʌlt/
🔊/əˈkʌlt/
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  1. [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 synonym supernatural
    • occult practices神秘的习俗
  2. the occult
     noun [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。🔊🔊
    3. Word Originlate 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.