| 释义 |
woomera Austral.|ˈwuːmərə|
Forms: wom(m)erah, womrah, wom(m)-, wummera, wommeira, womerar, wo-, wamara, woom-, wammera, wommora, -ala.
[Native name, given as womar, womerra, wommerru, etc. in various vocabularies.]
A throwing-stick used by Australian aboriginals. = throwing-stick a. Also = next.
1817J. Oxley Jrnls. Two Exped. N.S. Wales (1820) 117 He [sc. the native] was quite naked, except the netted band round the waist, in which were womerahs. 1835J. Bateman in Cornwallis New World (1859) I. 407 We..encountered six men, armed with spears fixed in their wommeras. 1845J. O. Balfour Sk. N.S. Wales 17 A whamera whizzed past where I was standing, and with unerring aim struck Fighting Jemmy on the arm. 1907Macm. Mag. Oct. 935 He,..with the aid of a favourite womerah, could send a long spear, tipped with palm-wood, through a deal plank an inch thick a hundred yards away. |