- 1（源自宗教用語）神像、神明；現代幾乎只用在「joss stick」（香）
Joss is an old word, borrowed from Chinese religious tradition through Portuguese and English sailors long ago, referring to a Chinese god, idol, or object of worship. Today it survives mainly in the phrase 'joss stick' - the thin sticks of incense burned in temples and homes to honor gods or . On its own, 'joss' is rarely used now outside that one phrase.
原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Jossname
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A unisex given name
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A unisex given name
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A surname.
Jossverb
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slanglifestyleTo invalidate a fan theory or original element of a fanwork through the introduction of new canon or retconning.
- Author's note part 2: I'm leaving it to the imagination of the reader what Cordelia saw of her future. Writing that out would be asking to be Jossed.
- I have this pet theory which will no doubt be Jossed (Greenwalted?) sooner or later. That Wes's dad is not a Watcher, but someone wealthy and financially connected with the Council (if they have all that influence, at least some of the people involved must know who they are)--in short, some kind of profiteer in the war against the forces of evil.
jossnoun/dʒɒs/
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A Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol.
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A heathen divinity.
- 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.
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informalLuck.
- She had twisted a piece of heather into her mail box for good joss, and this was the safety signal.
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