| 单词 | to have one's mojo working |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have (also get) one's mojo working Magical power, voodoo, the art of casting spells; a charm or talisman used in casting such spells. More generally, esp. in recent use: a power, force, or influence of any kind (often with sexual connotations). Frequently attributive and in to have (also get) one's mojo working (chiefly figurative and allusive).The term features commonly in jazz and blues music. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [noun] wielingeOE wielOE craftOE witchcraftOE witchdomOE telingc1230 demerlaykc1275 dweomercraeftc1275 sorcerya1300 magicc1387 maleficec1390 jugglerya1400 precination1503 witchery1546 maleficiousness1547 prestigiation?c1550 wizardry1583 magie1592 dark art1613 prestigion1635 conjurement1645 magomancy1652 wizardism1682 thaumaturgy1727 warlockry1818 witchwork1827 brujería1838 wizardship1882 trolldom1891 mojo1923 pixie dust1951 witchering1956 old religion1964 society > authority > power > influence > [noun] powerc1300 authorityc1405 voice1433 swaya1510 gravity1534 force1582 bias1587 interest1600 prevalence1612 prevailance1631 pondus1638 prevailancya1649 prevailency1650 influence1652 prevalency1652 weight1710 prevailingness1757 holding1770 mojo1923 clout1958 muscle1965 1923 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Disp. 24 Oct. 28/5 Circuit Judge Grimm held that he had not committed grand larceny when he sold to John Rogers, another negro, a Mojo bag for $85... The Mojo bag was guaranteed to be a charm strong enough to soften the heart of John's wife. 1926 N. N. Puckett Folk Beliefs Southern Negro i. 19 The term mojo is often used by the Mississippi Negroes to mean ‘charms, amulets, or tricks’, as ‘to work mojo’ on a person or ‘to carry a mojo’. 1926 in M. Leadbitter & N. Slaven Blues Records (1968) 133 My Daddy's Got The Mojo, But I Got The Say-So. 1930 R. Bass in A. Dundes Mother Wit (1973) 382/2 There are a few signs that are more or less common to all mojo-workers. 1932 ‘C. Grant’ & ‘K. W. Wilson’ (title of song) Keep your hands off my mojo. 1960 Sunday Times 10 July 6 Muddy Waters sang about troubled love and about his ‘mojo’, a voodoo conjuration which would work on anyone but the one he wanted. 1966 Crescendo Aug. 3/2 With his weather mojo working overtime he got four hot sunny days. 1989 C. S. Murray Crosstown Traffic v. 112 The ‘mojo’ is another voodoo charm; an object of power which, according to legend, can be used to manipulate probability. 1994 R. Silverberg Hot Sky at Midnight 114 These are very sexually gifted women, and we who wander around looking for the solace of a little nookie are highly vulnerable to the mysterious mojo that throbs out at us from between their legs. 1996 New Yorker 15 Apr. 99/1 When the lights come up, on Floyd's wake, a landlady named Louise..keeps the blues mojo working. 1999 N.Y. Times Mag. 3 Oct. 20/2 All the televised football in the world can't compensate suburban men for their lost warrior mojo. < as lemmas |
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