joss

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /dʒɒs/    美 /dʒɔs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol. countable
  2. A heathen divinity. countable
    — Don't forget they're mostly just joss-worshipping heathen an' they don't get no kick out of the more classy breeds o' religion. Though I guess there ain't that much diff'rence. It ain't many's so Lord Almighty in theirselves that they don't need a joss of some sort, an' I guess it's what yu think about him matters not the sort o' joss.
  3. Luck. informal,uncountable
    — She had twisted a piece of heather into her mail box for good joss, and this was the safety signal.

词形变化

josses plural

词汇关系

近义词
fortune
衍生词
joss stick joss paper joss house
相关词
joss-block

词源

From Chinese Pidgin English joss, from Macau Pidgin Portuguese, from Portuguese deus (“god”), from Latin deus (“god”), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“god/that which belongs to heaven”). Doublet of Tiw and Tyr.
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