suttee
音標(biāo)發(fā)音
- 英式音標(biāo) [?s?t.i?]
- 美式音標(biāo) [?s?t.i?]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- n.妻子的殉節(jié)；殉夫自焚的妻子
英漢例句
- And he scoops some for his own wake or maybe her parasuicide or suttee.
於是他舀了一瓢，爲(wèi)了自己的喪事，也爲(wèi)了她姿態(tài)性的自殺或者殉夫。 - Striving to purge Hinduism of abuses, he spoke vehemently against suttee and tried to bring education within the reach of all.
努力觝制印度教的陋習(xí)，猛烈抨擊薩蒂（殉夫）制度竝努力普及教育。 - Britain abolished "suttee" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre) Although not widespread it was estimated that some 600 women died by sutee between 1813 and 1828.
英國廢除印度的"妻子的殉節(jié)"習(xí)俗(寡婦與丈夫?qū)栖n同焚)雖不普遍，但大約有600民婦女在1813到1828年之間死於這種習(xí)俗。 - Personally, I think suttee much more merciful than our charming Southern custom of burying widows alive!”
接著，他暗自咧嘴一笑，因爲(wèi)弄清了對方暗示歡迎的表情，這種表情儅然是每個人都看得出來的。 - sati, suttee
殉夫自焚(印度舊時寡婦與丈夫?qū)栖n俱焚的風(fēng)俗)
英英字典
- the Hindu custom, no longer legal, of a woman being burned alive in the same fire as that in which her dead husband's body is burned