- [only before noun]
connected with magic powers and things that cannot be explained by reason or science 神秘的；玄妙的；超自然的；不可思议的 occult practices 神秘的习俗
- the occultnoun [singular]
everything connected with occult practices, etc. 神秘的事物；玄机
Word Originlate 15th cent. (as a verb): from Latin occultare ‘secrete’, frequentative of occulere ‘conceal’, based on celare ‘to hide’; the adjective and noun from occult- ‘covered over’, from the verb occulere.