| 单词 | peace pipe |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspeace pipe peace pipe n. a tobacco pipe traditionally smoked as a token of peace amongst North American Indians (cf. pipe of peace n. at pipe n.1 27b and calumet n.); also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > peace > [noun] > pipe of pipe of peace1698 calumet1717 friend-pipe1775 peace pipe1779 1779 G. R. Clark Campaign in Illinois (1869) 45 I told them I would defer smokeing the Peace Pipe until I heard that they had called in all their Warriors. 1876 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. (rev. ed.) II. xxxiii. 330 Four old men advance..bearing the peace-pipe, brilliant with many colored plumes. 1918 W. B. Munro Crusaders of New France ix. 168 There were the usual pledges of friendship; the peace-pipe went its round, and the song of the calumet was sung. 1998 N.Y. Mag. 20 Apr. 10/2 Rudy Giuliani has no taste for the peace pipe. Last week's dinner invitation from David Dinkins isn't the only overture the mayor has nixed recently. < as lemmas |
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