| 单词 | occult |
| 释义 | oc·cult I. transitive verb 1. < the lids lowered again, occulting the old eyes' softened gleam — MacLean's Magazine > < if his occulted guilt do not itself unkennel in one speech — Shakespeare > 2. < planets, like stars, may be occulted; but as a planet shows a disk, and does not appear as a mere point, the disappearance is gradual — Patrick Moore > intransitive verb < the beam of the lighthouse occults at regular intervals > II. 1. < too occult to be shown to uninitiate eyes — Elinor Wylie > < deep subterranean occult jealousy — J.C.Powys > 2. < as far as the general public was concerned, the museum was an esoteric, occult place — Aline B. Saarinen > < occult matters like nuclear physics, radiation effects and the designing of rockets — Robert Bendiner > < the occult properties of the ductless glands — W.R.Inge > 3. a. < the silica may appear in crystalline form … or it may remain occult in the groundmass — G.W.Tyrrell > b. archaic 4. < deals in the occult arts > < an occult fortune-teller > 5. < occult carcinoma > < occult infection > especially < occult blood in the feces > — compare gross • oc·cult·ly III. < he is a student of the occult > |
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