noun
1. supernatural practices and techniques
e.g. he is a student of the occult
Synonym: occult arts
2. supernatural forces and events and beings collectively
e.g. She doesn't believe in the supernatural
Synonym: supernatural
verb
1. hide from view
e.g. The lids were occulting her eyes
2. become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished
e.g. The beam of light occults every so often
3. cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention
e.g. The Sun eclipses the moon today
Planets and stars often are occulted by other celestial bodies
Synonym: eclipse
occult什么意思
adj
1. having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence
beyond ordinary understanding
e.g. mysterious symbols
the mystical style of Blake
occult lore
the secret learning of the ancients
Synonym: mysteriousmysticmysticalsecretorphic
2. hidden and difficult to see
e.g. an occult fracture
occult blood in the stool