| 释义 |
Benin|bəˈniːn|
Also Beˈni, Bini |bɪˈniː|.
(A member of) a Negro people of southern Nigeria, noted for their production of fine bronzes and carved ivories. Also attrib. or as adj. So Beniˈnese n. pl.
1875Encycl. Brit. III. 573/1 The Beninese weave their cotton into a fine kind of muslin. 1893Geogr. Jrnl. I. 127 The Benin people, the regular inhabitants of the vast Benin kingdom..are somewhat superior to the neighbouring coast tribes. 1897R. H. S. Bacon Benin City of Blood i. 14 One of the Jijus of the Beni is never to cross water. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 115/1 Niger-Benue Groups—Benin; Ibo; [etc.]. 1903H. L. Roth Great Benin i. 3 The Jekri had a most profound fear of the Binis' knowledge and use of poisons. 1925A. Huxley Along Road iii. 191 A statuette that was sixth-century Greek, subtly mingled with Benin. 1963Times 12 Feb. 12/4 The same purchaser gave {pstlg}750 for a cast bronze head of a Benin chieftain, about a.d. 1800. |