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apotropaic的意思

apotropaic

英 [,ptr'pek] 美 [,ptr'pek]
  • adj. 作避邪用的

apotropaic

英文词源


apotropaic (adj.)
1883, with -ic + Greek apotropaios "averting evil," from apotrepein "to turn away, avert," from apo- "off, away" (see apo-) + trepein "to turn" (see trope).