1. 1迷信的

    Superstitious describes a person who believes in , or a thing that comes from such a belief. Two patterns: about people — 'my grandmother is very superstitious', 'he's superstitious about numbers' — and about things — 'a superstitious fear of the dark', 'superstitious rituals before a game'. Notice 'superstitious about + noun', which is how you name the particular thing someone worries over. The tone matters. Said of someone else it is critical, though usually rather than harsh — the kind of thing you say about a relative with a fond smile. Said of yourself it is almost always and half-joking: 'I'm not superstitious, but…' is such a common opening that it is nearly a fixed phrase, and it is nearly always followed by proof that the speaker is a little bit superstitious. Athletes are the classic example, wearing the same socks all season because the team once won in them.

From the word’s history

From Old French superstitieux, from Latin superstitiōsus, from superstitio + -ōsus.

來自古法文,源自拉丁文 superstitiōsus「迷信的」。

Wiktionary

組成superstition (the belief) + -ous (an adjective ending meaning 'full of, having this quality'). The -on ending drops before -ous. Same shape as danger → dangerous, fame → famous.

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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。

superstitiousadj/ˌs(j)uː.pəˈstɪ.ʃəs/

  • 1

    Susceptible to superstitions.

    • Ignorant and ſuperſtitious wretches meaſure the actions of letterd and philoſophical men by the tattle of their nurſes or illiterate parents and companions, or by the faſhion of the country : and people of differing religions judge and condemn each other by their own tenents ; when both of them cannot be in the right, and it is well if either of them are.
  • 2

    Arising from or having the character of superstitions.

  • 3

    archaicOverexact; unnecessarily scrupulous.

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