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

feather foot

noun (plural feather feet) Australian

(Among Aborigines) a man empowered to carry out vengeance or punishment; a kadaitcha: the elders said the feather feet had taken him away...

The Featherfoot features broadly in Aboriginal traditions as the commissioned revenge-killer.
Central Desert aboriginal women have told him of “feather foot” spirits.
The book is about a contemporary Aboriginal feather-foot.

1960s: from the coverings of feathers which such people are said to wear in order to disguise their tracks.

单词	feather foot
释义	feather foot noun (plural feather feet) Australian (Among Aborigines) a man empowered to carry out vengeance or punishment; a kadaitcha: the elders said the feather feet had taken him away... The Featherfoot features broadly in Aboriginal traditions as the commissioned revenge-killer. Central Desert aboriginal women have told him of “feather foot” spirits. The book is about a contemporary Aboriginal feather-foot. Origin 1960s: from the coverings of feathers which such people are said to wear in order to disguise their tracks.
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