英汉词典

fetish 基本解释

• n. 恋物（等于fetich）；迷信；偶像

fetish 词态变化

fetish 中文词源

来自葡萄牙语feitico, 有魔力的物品，护身符。来自词根fact, 做，制造，词源同do, fact.

原为葡萄牙海员出海时所携带的护身符。后词义引申为神物，癖好，特指心理上的依恋。

fetish 英文词源

fetish

fetish: [17] Fetish is a doublet of factitious: that is to say, the two words have a common origin, but have subsequently diverged widely. Both come ultimately from Latin factītius ‘made by art’, an adjective derived from the past participle of facere ‘do, make’ (whence English effect, fact, fashion, among a host of other related words).

Its Portuguese descendant, feitiço, was used as a noun meaning ‘charm, sorcery’. French took this over as fétiche and passed it on to English, where it was used in the concrete sense ‘charm, amulet’, particularly as worshipped by various West African peoples. ‘Object irrationally or obsessively venerated’ is a 19th-century semantic development.
=> effect, fact, factory, fashion

fetish (n.)

"material object regarded with awe as having mysterious powers or being the representative of a deity that may be worshipped through it," 1610s, fatisso, from Portuguese feitiço "charm, sorcery, allurement," noun use of an adjective meaning "artificial."

The Portuguese adjective is from Latin facticius "made by art, artificial," from facere "to make, do, produce, etc." (see factitious, and compare French factice "artificial," restored from Old French faitise, from Latin facticius). Via the French word, Middle English had fetis, fetice (adj.) "cleverly made, neat, elegant" (of things), "handsome, pretty, neat" (of persons). But in the Middle Ages the Romanic derivatives of the word took on magical senses; compare Portuguese feiticeria "sorcery, witchcraft," feiticeiro "sorcerer, wizard." Latin facticius in Spanish has become hechizo "artificial, imitated," also "bewitchment, fascination."

The specific Portuguese use of the word that brought it to English probably began among Portuguese sailors and traders who used the word as a name for charms and talismans worshipped by the inhabitants of the Guinea coast of Africa. It was picked up and popularized in anthropology by Charles de Brosses' "Du culte des dieux fétiches" (1760), which influenced the word's spelling in English (French fétiche also is borrowed 18c. from the Portuguese word).

Any material image of a religious idea is an idol; a material object in which force is supposed to be concentrated is a Fetish; a material object, or a class of material objects, plants, or animals, which is regarded by man with superstitious respect, and between whom and man there is supposed to exist an invisible but effective force, is a Totem. [J. Fitzgerald Lee, "The Greater Exodus," London, 1903]

Figurative sense of "something irrationally revered, object of blind devotion" appears to be an extension made by the New England Transcendentalists (1837). For sexual sense (1897), see fetishism.

fetish 英文释义

1. a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers

2. excessive or irrational devotion to some activity;

"made a fetish of cleanliness"

fetish 双语例句

1. She has a fetish about cleanliness.

她有洁癖。

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2. What began as a postwar fetish for sunbathing is rapidly developing into a world health crisis.

开始是战后对日光浴的极度迷恋，而后迅速发展成世界性的健康危机。

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3. Women's underclothes are a common fetish.

女人的内衣裤是常见的能引起性快感的恋物.

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4. He has this fetish and he is constantly eating my homework.

他有怪癖而且他经常吃我的作业.

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5. Some young people like to make a fetish of style.

有些年轻人喜欢盲目地赶时髦.

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fetish 实用场景例句

He makes a fetish of his work.

他迷上了他的工作。

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to have a leather fetish

有恋皮革的癖

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[不可数名词]a magazine specializing in rubber fetishism

专登橡胶恋物的杂志

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the importance of animal fetishism in the history of Egypt

埃及史上崇拜动物的重要性

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a leather fetishist

有恋皮革癖者

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She has a fetish about cleanliness.

她有洁癖。

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What began as a postwar fetish for sunbathing is rapidly developing into a world health crisis.

开始是战后对日光浴的极度迷恋，而后迅速发展成世界性的健康危机。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...fetish wear for sexual arousal.

引起性快感的恋物癖装束

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...rubber and leather fetishes.

迷恋橡胶和皮革的恋物癖

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He has this fetish and he is constantly eating my homework.

他有怪癖而且他经常吃我的作业.

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Some young people like to make a fetish of style.

有些年轻人喜欢盲目地赶时髦.

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He was the god of sin and misery and had a fetish for the obsidian knife.

他是罪恶和悲惨厄运之神并且为黑曜石刀增添了一个崇拜物.

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Young people tend to make a fetish of glamorous stars in sports and entertainment circles.

年轻人容易盲目崇拜迷人的体育和娱乐圈明星.

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It's just like how Americans have a fetish with steroid body builders and breast implants.

它很正直像美国人如何有一个物神由于类固醇身体建立者而且胸部深植.

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An African charm , fetish, or amulet.

一种非洲咒语 、 物神或护身符.

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The phoenix worship of China is fetish worship not totem adoration.

中国凤崇拜是灵物崇拜而非图腾崇拜.

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He makes a fetish of his new car.

他把自己的新汽车奉若神明.

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Stargazers cannot take Fetish or Resources.

Stargazers不能有偶像或者资源.

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Is there fetish of money in our socialism market economy?

我国目前的社会主义市场经济中是否也存在货币拜物教?

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I have a foot fetish, says Enrique, who hates his own.

“我有恋足癖, ”他说, 同时他恨自己的双脚.

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For a start, he is right to argue against making a fetish of invention.

在一开始, 他反对迷信单纯的发明这个观点是正确的.

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Women's underclothes are a common fetish.

女人的内衣裤是常见的能引起性快感的恋物.

辞典例句

His fetish for style is unbelievable.

他迷恋时尚简直到了叫人不敢相信的地步.

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Do you have a fetish accessory ( mascot ) in your sports bag?

你的运动包里有什么吉祥物 吗 ?

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Some women make a fetish of clothes.

有些妇女过于注重衣着.

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Is it necessary to reeducate the aged to break with fetish?

有必要对老年人进行破除迷信的教育 吗 ?

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Mary makes a fetish of her home; she's always cleaning it.

玛丽太看重她的房子了, 她老是不停地打扫.

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She has a fetish about cleanliness.

她有洁癖。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

What began as a postwar fetish for sunbathing is rapidly developing into a world health crisis.

开始是战后对日光浴的极度迷恋，而后迅速发展成世界性的健康危机。

柯林斯例句