| 释义 |
ipoh|ˈiːpəʊ|
Also Ipoh.
[Malay.]
The upas tree, Antiaris toxicaria, or a creeping shrub, Strychnos ignatii, both of which are native to SE. Asia and have a poisonous sap; also, the poison itself.
1779T. Forrest Voy. New Guinea i. xviii. 369 They [sc. the Sooloos] are acquainted with a subtle poison called Ippoo, the juice of a tree, in which they dip small darts. 1820J. Crawfurd Hist. Indian Archipelago I. iv. 468 The Malays call this last [shrub] Ipoh. 1836J. Low Diss. Soil & Agric. Penang iv. 206 Many arrows tipped with Ipoh were given to me by the different tribes in Perak. 1839T. J. Newbold Pol. & Statistical Acc. Straits of Malacca I. vii. 444 The Upas tree of the Javanese, or the Ipoh of the Malays, is found though rarely in the forests. Ibid. II. xii. 211, I had the greatest difficulty to prevail on one of this wild race to part with..a small quantity of the ipoh poison. 1907Q. Rev. July 190 The poison for their arrows is obtained from the ipoh or upas tree. 1958J. Slimming Temiar Jungle v. 78 The poison with which the darts are smeared is a mixture of the saps from the Ipoh tree and the Ipoh creeper. 1965C. Shuttleworth Malayan Safari ii. 27 Perhaps the most dangerous poison is found in the sap of the ipoh tree from which the aborigines obtain poison for their blowpipe darts. |