| 释义 |
haka N.Z.|ˈhɑːkə|
[Maori.]
A Maori ceremonial posture dance accompanied by chanting; one danced by members of a sports team, etc.
1832H. Williams Jrnl. 13 Jan. in H. Carleton Life H. Williams (1874) I. 113 They now prepared for their haka, or dance. 1845E. J. Wakefield Adv. N.Z. I. 98 A haka was now performed by about one hundred and fifty men and women. 1872A. Domett Ranolf xv. vi. 19 The háka-dances where she shone supreme. 1907Macm. Mag. Sept. 855 The Maoris are a people with grand manners, and the haka is an amusement wherewith they beguile for their guests the long dark evening hours. 1920Glasgow Herald 30 Apr. 9 At the close of the oration the warriors performed the ‘Haka’ war dance. 1934Bulletin (Sydney) 15 Aug. 11/4 The haka is kept going by Maoriland footballers and hockey players. 1938R. Finlayson Brown Man's Burden 13 Afterwards there were pois and there were hakas, and there was sure to be a dance. 1957N.Z. Listener 22 Nov. 4/2 One common group..of Maori words has come right over into New Zealand English—whare, haka and mana (e.g.) have all acquired (when used in English) overtones and extra meanings that were not in the original Maori. They are true New Zealandisms. 1963Evening Post (Wellington) 12 Oct., ‘Kamate! Kamate!’ the fierce Maori haka rang out today as the 1963–64 All Blacks for Britain had their first haka practice. |