| 释义 |
cannibalism|ˈkænɪbəlɪz(ə)m|
[f. as prec. + -ism.]
The practice of eating the flesh of one's fellow-creatures. fig. Bloodthirsty barbarity.
1796Burke Regic. Peace i. Wks. VIII. 177–8 By cannibalism, I mean their devouring, as a nutriment of their ferocity, some part of the bodies of those they have murdered. 1824D'Israeli Cur. Lit., Dk. Buckhm. (1866) 312 The political cannibalism of the mob. 1879Wallace Austral. v. 93 Cannibalism is..practised in most of the tribes. |