n.[C]

1. 膜拜，膜拜仪式
2. 异教；教派
   When did he join the cult?

   他是什么时候加入这个教派的？

3. （对人、思想、事物等的）狂热崇拜，迷信；狂热
   the cult of Whitman

   对惠特曼的崇拜

4. （总称）崇拜者，迷信者
5. 崇拜的对象；狂热喜爱的对象

n.

1. a system of religious devotion directed towards a particular figure or object.
   ▸a relatively small religious group regarded by others as strange or as imposing excessive control over members.
2. [often as modifier] a thing that is popular or fashionable among a particular group:
   a cult film.