| 释义 |
▪ I. ‖ loa1|ˈləʊə|
[Native name in Angola, used as a specific name in Filaria loa (T. S. Cobbold Entozoa (1864) xiv. 389) and as a generic name in Loa loa (C. W. Stiles 1905, in Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric. Bur. Anim. Ind. no. 79. 50).]
A filarial worm of the monotypic genus so called, found in tropical Africa and infecting the eyes and subcutaneous tissues in man. Also attrib.
1864T. S. Cobbold Entozoa xiv. 389, I had independently arrived at the conviction that the Loa was a totally distinct worm from the Filaria oculi. Ibid., The parasite in question is rather more than an inch in length, it is..termed Loa. 1889Syd. Soc. Lex., Loa-worm. 1898P. Manson Trop. Diseases xxxiii. 518 The man remembered that when a lad, he had a loa in his eye. Ibid. 519 The blood of another patient, known to be the subject of loa infection. 1958Ann. Trop. Med. & Parasitol. LII. 158 (title) The relationship between human and simian Loa in the rain-forest zone of the British Cameroons. 1971Price & Hopps in R. A. Marcial-Rojas Path. Protozoal & Helminthic Dis. lii. 917/1 (heading) The eye worm, loa worm. Ibid., He [sc. Guyot] described the worm under the native name ‘loa’.
▪ II. loa2|ˈləʊə|
Pl. loa or loas.
[ad. Haitian Creole lwa.]
A deity in the voodoo cult of Haiti.
1933J. H. Craige Black Bagdad xv. 267 Thanks to the spells I have made in your behalf, the loas have held their hands over you, and you are free. 1937M. J. Herskovits Life in Haitian Valley ii. iv. 81 The ordinary plates or calabashes on which food is offered the loa, or African deities. 1959H. Charteris tr. Métraux's Voodoo in Haiti iii. 120 A loa moves into the head of an individual having first driven out..one of the two souls that everyone carries in himself. 1960Spectator 5 Aug. 218/3 The peculiar congregation, led by the Voodoo Priestess, start summoning up their favourite spirits or ‘loas’, who—dead on cue—take possession of the celebrants one after another. 1966Punch 10 Aug. 235/3 The ‘loa’, the demon-gods who take possession of the initiates at Voodoo ceremonies and impose on them their own voice, features, and character. |