cult
noun
uk/kʌlt/us/kʌlt/cultnoun(RELIGION)
[C]
areligiousgroup, oftenlivingtogether, whosebeliefsareconsideredextremeorstrangeby manypeople:
邪教；异教；异端Theirsonranaway fromhomeandjoinedareligiouscult.他们的儿子离家出走，加入了一个邪教组织。
[C]
aparticularsystemofreligiousbelief:
宗教膜拜，宗教信仰theHinducultofShiva印度教湿婆崇拜
Religious people: followers of religious groups
- Adventist
- Anglican
- animist
- anti-cult
- anti-papal
- evangelist
- fakir
- Franciscan
- fundamentalist
- fundie
- Moonie
- moral majority
- Mormon
- Moslem
- Muslim
- Seventh-Day Adventist
- Shia
- Shiite
- Sikh
- sisterhood
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Religious beliefs & atheistic beliefs
cultnoun(POPULARITY)
[S]
someone or something that hasbecomeverypopularwith aparticulargroupofpeople:
风行；流行；崇拜the cult ofcelebrity名人崇拜
See also
personality cultdisapproving
Passionate or passing interests
- centrism
- craze
- drug
- eat
- eat, sleep, and breathesomethingidiom
- fad
- faddish
- faddism
- fancy
- geekery
- kick
- mania
- passion
- passion project
- religion
- ruling
- someone's ruling passionidiom
cult
adjective[before noun]
uk/kʌlt/us/kʌlt/likedvery much by aparticulargroupofpeople:
热门的；流行的；被视为偶像的Thesingerhad a cultfollowingin the 1970s.这位歌手在20世纪70年代拥有一批狂热的追随者。
a cultfigure/movie偶像人物／风靡一时的影片
Liked, or not liked, by many people
- acquire
- an acquired tasteidiom
- anti-popular
- be the new rock and rollidiom
- be welcome toidiom
- ground
- high-traffic
- insomeone'sgood/bad booksidiom
- killer app
- limb
- lose
- lose groundphrase
- low-traffic
- Marmite
- rock and roll
- sought after
- top-rated
- trend
- unappreciated
- viral