hocus-pocus英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

Some ineffectual action or speech, especially if intended to divert attention; nonsense. uncountable,usually
Religious or supernatural phenomena one holds to be nonsense or mere trickery; superstitious mumbo-jumbo. derogatory,uncountable,usually

— How was it possible that I, a rational man, not unacquainted with the leading scientific facts of our history, and hitherto an absolute and utter disbeliever in all the hocus-pocus which in Europe goes by the name of the supernatural, could believe that I had within the last few minutes been engaged in conversation with a woman two thousand and odd years old?
Some action carried out to bring about change as if by magic; a trick; sleight of hand, trickery. US,also,attributive,countable,uncountable
A conjurer. countable,obsolete,usually
A conjurer's trick. countable,obsolete,usually

动词 v.

To play tricks or practise sleight of hand (on someone); (by extension) to cheat, to deceive. ambitransitive,colloquial,dated

— [T]hat which we call Good Humour, is in Truth but a ſort of Slight of Hand in Diſcourſe, or a Faculty of making Truths look like Appearances, or Appearances like Truths. Now this Gift of Hocus Pocuſing, and of Diſguiſing Matters, is ſo Surpriſing and Agreeable on the one hand, that it muſt of Neceſſity be a very ſtrong Temptation to the Quitting of the Beaten Road on the other.

感叹词 intj.

A phrase used (by a stage magician, etc.) as a magical incantation to bring about some change: abracadabra, hey presto.

词形变化

hocus pocus alternative hocus-pocuses plural hocus-pocusses plural hoci-poci plural hocus and pocus alternative hocuspocus alternative hocus pocus alternative hocus-pocuses present,singular,third-person hocus-pocusses present,singular,third-person hocuses-pocuses present,singular,third-person hocusses-pocusses present,singular,third-person hocus-pocusing participle,present hocus-pocussing participle,present hocusing-pocusing participle,present hocussing-pocussing participle,present hocus-pocused participle,past hocus-pocused past hocus-pocussed participle,past hocus-pocussed past hocused-pocused participle,past hocused-pocused past hocussed-pocussed participle,past hocussed-pocussed past

词汇关系

衍生词

hanky-panky hocus hocus-pocusser hokeypokey hokey pokey hocus-pocuser

词源

词源 1

The interjection and noun are derived from pseudo-Latin magical incantations used by conjurers (formerly called “jugglers”) such as “hocus pocus, tontus talontus, vade celeriter jubeo” (by a particular 17th-century conjurer who allegedly adopted the moniker Hocus Pocus) and “hax pax max Deus adimax”. The suggestion that the term is a corruption of words from the Roman Catholic liturgy of the Eucharist, “hoc est enim corpus meum” (“this is my [i.e., Jesus’s] body”), was made in a sermon by the Archbishop of Canterbury, John Tillotson (1630–1694), but is not generally accepted.
The verb is derived from the noun.

词源 2

The interjection and noun are derived from pseudo-Latin magical incantations used by conjurers (formerly called “jugglers”) such as “hocus pocus, tontus talontus, vade celeriter jubeo” (by a particular 17th-century conjurer who allegedly adopted the moniker Hocus Pocus) and “hax pax max Deus adimax”. The suggestion that the term is a corruption of words from the Roman Catholic liturgy of the Eucharist, “hoc est enim corpus meum” (“this is my [i.e., Jesus’s] body”), was made in a sermon by the Archbishop of Canterbury, John Tillotson (1630–1694), but is not generally accepted.
The verb is derived from the noun.

词源 3

The interjection and noun are derived from pseudo-Latin magical incantations used by conjurers (formerly called “jugglers”) such as “hocus pocus, tontus talontus, vade celeriter jubeo” (by a particular 17th-century conjurer who allegedly adopted the moniker Hocus Pocus) and “hax pax max Deus adimax”. The suggestion that the term is a corruption of words from the Roman Catholic liturgy of the Eucharist, “hoc est enim corpus meum” (“this is my [i.e., Jesus’s] body”), was made in a sermon by the Archbishop of Canterbury, John Tillotson (1630–1694), but is not generally accepted.
The verb is derived from the noun.