fetish

名词 n.
/ˈfɛt.ɪʃ/|/ˈfiː.tɪʃ/    /ˈfɛt.ɪʃ/|/ˈfiː.tɪʃ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman. countable,uncountable
    — The idols and fetishes were being dressed up and whitewashed, receiving sacrifices.
  2. A figure representing the spirit of a deity, human, or animal; an idol or voodoo doll. countable,dated,uncountable
    — This was the trunk of a large wooden doll […] now entirely defaced by a long career of vicarious suffering. […] The last nail had been driven in with a fiercer stroke than usual, for the Fetish on that occasion represented aunt Glegg
  3. Sexual fixation to or arousal at something abnormally sexual or nonsexual, such as an object or a nonsexual part of the body. countable,uncountable
    — I know a guy who has a foot fetish.
  4. An irrational or abnormal preoccupation or fixation on some object or activity; an obsession. countable,uncountable
    — He has been talking about the same topic for hours on end, I suspect he may have a fetish
  5. A recurrent theme of a specific thing. countable,uncountable

词形变化

fetishes plural fetich alternative,archaic

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti
Proto-Italic *θakjō
Proto-Italic *fakjō
Latin faciō
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tos
Latin -tus
Latin factus
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -īcus
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -īcius
Latin factīcius
Portuguese feitiçobor.
French fétichebor.
English fetish
Borrowed from French fétiche, from Portuguese feitiço, from Latin factīcius (“artificial”). Doublet of factitious.
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