| 释义 |
pitchi Austral.|ˈpɪtʃɪ|
[Aboriginal.]
A dish or container hollowed out of a solid log.
1896E. C. Stirling in B. Spencer Rep. Horn Sci. Expedition Cent. Austral. IV. 98 The name ‘Pitchi’..is in general use, by the whites of the parts traversed by the Expedition, for the wooden vessels used for carrying food and water and, occasionally, infants. 1931I. L. Idriess Lasseter's Last Ride (1933) xvi. 128 In little canoe-shaped pitchis of wood some women carried native foods. 1934A. Russell Tramp-Royal in Wild Austral. xxvii. 179 Poised on his [sc. an aboriginal's] head was a newly cut bark pitchi filled to the brim with wild oranges. 1959S. H. Courtier Death in Dream Time viii. 112 While his thumbs bleed, the elders bring a pitchi, a wooden vessel, and catch the blood. 1970‘E. Lindall’ Gathering of Eagles x. 119 In her hands..was a wooden pitchi full of water. |