英语词汇“genet skin”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

genet skin n. (also genet's skin) the skin of a genet, (in later use) chiefly as used as a material by a number of southern African peoples, esp. as part of rituals or ceremonies.

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1660 M. Carter Honor Rediviuus 193 Who in a battel against the Moores, gaining a Victory, had, amongst many other spoyls, a great number of Genets skins.

1873 E. E. Frewer tr. G. A. Schweinfurth Heart of Afr. ii. x. 56 The shafts of the Monbuttoo arrows are made of reed-grass, and differ from all others of the Bongo territory by being winged with pieces of genet's skin or plantain leaves.

1890 Daily News 25 Jan. 7/2 244 sable skins, nine genet skins, and a skunk skin.

1948 E. E. Evans-Pritchard in Man 48 3/2 A son-in-law also respects his parents-in-law by hiding his nakedness in their presence with a genet's skin.

1963 B. Reynolds Magic, Divination & Witchcraft among Barotse iii. 65 Treatment is by exorcism of the spirit and is surprisingly uniform, involving in almost all cases the use of a genet skin.

1992 E. Turner et al. Experiencing Ritual iv. 98 He wore a grass skirt, rattles on his legs, a tortoise amulet on his breast, and a tall genet skin ‘hat of invisibility’ on his head.

单词	genet skin
释义	> as lemmas genet skin genet skin n. (also genet's skin) the skin of a genet, (in later use) chiefly as used as a material by a number of southern African peoples, esp. as part of rituals or ceremonies. ΚΠ 1660 M. Carter Honor Rediviuus 193 Who in a battel against the Moores, gaining a Victory, had, amongst many other spoyls, a great number of Genets skins. 1873 E. E. Frewer tr. G. A. Schweinfurth Heart of Afr. ii. x. 56 The shafts of the Monbuttoo arrows are made of reed-grass, and differ from all others of the Bongo territory by being winged with pieces of genet's skin or plantain leaves. 1890 Daily News 25 Jan. 7/2 244 sable skins, nine genet skins, and a skunk skin. 1948 E. E. Evans-Pritchard in Man 48 3/2 A son-in-law also respects his parents-in-law by hiding his nakedness in their presence with a genet's skin. 1963 B. Reynolds Magic, Divination & Witchcraft among Barotse iii. 65 Treatment is by exorcism of the spirit and is surprisingly uniform, involving in almost all cases the use of a genet skin. 1992 E. Turner et al. Experiencing Ritual iv. 98 He wore a grass skirt, rattles on his legs, a tortoise amulet on his breast, and a tall genet skin ‘hat of invisibility’ on his head. extracted from genetn.¹ < as lemmas
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