cult

/kʌlt/ uk　 词频 #5245

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cult 是什么意思

中文释义

n. 膜拜, 礼拜式, 祭仪, 一群信徒

[医] 迷信, 巫术

英文释义

n. followers of an exclusive system of religious beliefs and practices

n. followers of an unorthodox, extremist, or false religion or sect who often live outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader

n. a religion or sect that is generally considered to be unorthodox, extremist, or false

n. a system of religious beliefs and rituals

cult 的真实例句

以下例句摘自真实英文文章，看看 cult 在自然语境里怎么用：

In 1997, members of the Heaven's Gate cult died by suicide following the appearance of Comet Hale-Bopp.

—— A worst-case solar storm could trigger panic buying and public unrest, report warns

He wrote an unusual book that became a cult architecture manual: A Pattern Language.

—— Holding Pattern: A Reading List on Waiting . . .

Composer has achieved cult status among many tech companies, though critics say Composer can be slow, especially when used with larger codebases.

—— SpaceX doubles down on AI with its potential $60 billion Cursor buy

That is the mystery-faith!’– referring to the cult of Dionysus, whose mythic dying and resurrection he viewed as symbolising this cosmological belief.

—— Nietzsche the mystic. There is something odd about a profoundly atheistic thinker holding quasi-religious convictions

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