| 单词 | life-index |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslife-index life-index n. (in folklore) an external object whose condition is held to reflect the state or condition of a person, esp. as regards health or safety. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [noun] > magical object > indicating state of person life-index1884 life token1899 1884 F. A. Steel & R. C. Temple Wide-awake Stories 404 Outside a person's life is an object which faithfully reflects the conditions of his life: this life-index is always very difficult of access. 1915 Encycl. Relig. & Ethics VIII. 44/2 ‘Life-token’ or ‘life-index’ is the technical name given to an object the condition of which is in popular belief bound up with that of some person, which indicates his state of health or safety. 1984 M. B. Emeneau Toda Gram. ii. x. 375 The motivation of the introduction of this form of life-index in the present text seems almost to be the extraneous explanation of the growth and form of canes on a peak of the Nilgiris. < as lemmas |
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