| 释义 |
‖ muru Obs. N.Z.|ˈmuːruː|
[Maori.]
(See quot. 1863).
1836J. A. Wilson Jrnl. 24 Aug. in Missionary Life & Work in N.Z. (1889) iii. 48 We were told the events which led to the burning of the mission station, and the muru which followed. 1863F. E. Maning Old N.Z. vii. 96 There were in the old times two great institutions..in Maori land—the Tapu and the Muru. Pakehas..called the muru simply ‘robbery’... But I speak of the regular legalized and established system of plundering, as penalty for offences. 1905W. B. Where White Man Treads 32 Hiakai.., forgetting the rules of muru, crashed it [sc. the tomahawk] into his enemy's skull. 1921H. Guthrie-Smith Tutira xxvii. 267 Neither..was muru an institution likely..to foster foresight. 1949P. H. Buck Coming of Maori (1950) iii. vi. 421 The custom of muru (raiding) was sometimes employed by visitors if a death was due to accident. |