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单词 burking
释义 burking, vbl. n.|ˈbɜːkɪŋ|
[f. burke v. + -ing1.]
a. The action of murdering in Burke's fashion.
b. fig. The action of stifling or quietly but effectively suppressing.
1831Southey Lett. (1856) IV. 252 The burking must make every one see the necessity of this.1831Sir J. Scarlett in Trial of T. B. Hodgson 373 As bad as those who have been lately convicted of burking.1880A. Forbes in 19th Cent. 195 The despotism of burking is not to be tholed.
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