| 单词 | cult figure |
| 释义 | > as lemmascult figure cult figure n. (a) a figurine or other object venerated as part of a system of ritual or worship; (b) a person, esp. a writer or other artist, with a strong appeal to a small audience, or who is influential despite limited public exposure or commercial success. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > idol godeOE anlikenessOE stockc1000 mammetc1225 Mahometc1275 Mahoundc1275 idola1325 simulacre1382 marmoseta1398 mammetrya1400 puppet1534 poppet?1548 block1570 Dagona1572 pagoda1582 pagody1588 Mokisso1634 poppet deitya1641 pageant idol1696 pageant thing1696 afgod1769 cult figure1895 1895 W. Hough in Rep. U.S. Comm. Columbian Hist. Expos. Madris 1892–3 344 On the small cult figures this slip was applied with a brush. 1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 17 Oct. 592/2 Those to whom Scott Fitzgerald has become a cult figure are not his contemporaries. 1977 Hist. Relig. 17 115 The sun chariot from Trundholm,..a symbol of the sun and probably the cult figure of a shrine which was conducted from time to time in procession across the fields. 2001 Sci. Fiction Chron. June 44/2 Philip K. Dick died of strokes 19 years ago, and has remained a kind of literary cult figure since. < as lemmas |
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