| 单词 | widow-burning |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswidow-burning widow-burning n. the practice of self-immolation by a Hindu widow on her husband's funeral pyre; = sati n. 2a. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > widow or widower > [noun] > widow > types of widow > by self-immolation on husband's pyre > custom of widow-burning1767 sati1806 satiism1828 1767 New Coll. Voy., Discov. & Trav. I. ‘List of Cuts’ following Pref. Gentoo Widow burning. 1867 F. M. Müller Chips from German Workshop II. 34 The custom of widow-burning. 2000 A. Ghosh Glass Palace (2001) xxiv. 294 Look at the way women are treated even today, look at the caste system, untouchability, widow-burning..all these terrible, terrible things. < as lemmas |
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