| 释义 |
churel|tʃʊˈreɪl|
[ad. Hindi cuṛail.]
In India, the ghost of a woman who has died in child-birth, believed to haunt lonely places malevolently and to spread disease.
1901Kipling Kim viii. 197 A churel is the peculiarly malignant ghost of a woman who has died in child-bed. She haunts lonely roads, her feet are turned backwards on the ankles, and she leads men to torment. 1917Nature C. 172/1 When an attack of disease is attributed to the malevolence of the spirit of a woman who has died in childbirth, known as churel, a little palanquin, a doll, and some other articles are placed at night at a spot where four roads meet. 1960Times 26 Aug. 12/6 Was it some wretched coolie in the labour-lines tormented by the nightmare churel? |