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单词 foot-binding
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foot-binding
foot-binding n. now historical the practice of bending and tightly binding the feet of young girls in order to limit their growth; cf. feet binding n. at Compounds 4.Foot-binding was commonly practised in China from the 12th cent. until banned in the early 20th cent.
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1870 Zion's Herald 15 Dec. 596/1 The cruel and protracted tortures to which the little girls who are permitted to live, and who are destined by their parents for ladies of fashion, are subjected in the process of foot-binding.
1926 N.Y. Times 10 Jan. e7/1 Foot binding is not in vogue today in the upper classes. Only the old traditionary classes are still binding their girls' feet.
2010 P. K. Crossley Wobbling Pivot ii. 32 Foot-binding was an extreme method of restricting women's activities and choices, but an effective one.
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