| 释义 |
‖ taiaha N.Z.|ˈtaiaha|
[Maori.]
A long-handled Maori club with a sharp tip. Also fig.
1845E. J. Wakefield Adventure N. Zealand I. 140 The taiaha is rather a long-handled club than a spear. It..is about six feet long. 1863A. S. Atkinson Jrnl. 8 Sept. in Richmond-Atkinson Papers (1960) II. 61 The first of them was an old man with a handsome taiaha. 1894Westm. Gaz. 29 Aug. 2/1 He looked his best in a picturesque native robe, with lurid feathers in his hair, and a ‘taiaha’, or spear, in his hand. 1938R. Finlayson Brown Man's Burden 10 ‘Ae, we are one people!’ he cries, brandishing a taiaha. 1949P. H. Buck Coming of Maori (1950) ii. xi. 280 The taiaha head with its projecting tongue functioned as a stabbing point. 1963S. Ashton-Warner Teacher 110 How can I protect my beautiful Matawhero from the taiaha of prejudice? 1974N.Z. Listener 20 July 13/4 The Maori bus driver was ‘threatened’ with a friendly poke of the taiaha carried by another Maori. |