Occult



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 秘密的, 不公开的
• ［英］ adj. 秘密的, 不公开的 ( hidden; concealed)
• ［类］ 反义词: bare ( 赤裸的) ; patent ( 明显的) ; fathomable ( 可看透的)
• ［记］ oc ( 不) +cult ( 教派) -> 在教派内不公开的;
• ［同］ 参考: cult ( 崇拜, 教派)

Webster Collegiate

I. transitive verb

• Etymology: Latin occultare, frequentative of occulere
• Date: 1500
• to shut off from view or exposure ; cover, eclipse
• ? occulter noun

II. adjective

• Etymology: Latin occultus, from past participle of occulere to cover up, from ob- in the way + -culere (akin to celare to conceal) — more at ob-, hell
• Date: 1533
• 1. not revealed ; secret
• 2. not easily apprehended or understood ; abstruse, mysterious
• 3. hidden from view ; concealed
• 4. of or relating to the occult
• 5. not manifest or detectable by clinical methods alone <occult carcinoma>; also not present in macroscopic amounts <occult blood in a stool>
• ? occultly adverb

III. noun

• Date: 1923
• matters regarded as involving the action or influence of supernatural or supernormal powers or some secret knowledge of them — used with the

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