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单词 dakhma
释义 dakhma|ˈdɑːkmə|
Also dokhma.
[Pers.]
A tower of silence (see silence n. 2 c).
1865[see silence n. 2 c].1908Westm. Gaz. 4 Aug. 10/1 Neither God is pleased nor the dead are benefited by a showy expenditure on a Dokhma.1912H. G. Rawlinson Bactria iii. 40 Alexander promptly ordered the dakhmas, or Towers of Silence, to be closed.1957Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 989/1 The dead..are to be left on the appointed places (dakhmas) and exposed to the vultures and wild dogs.
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