英语词汇“head feast”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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head feast

head feast n. now historical (among certain headhunting tribes) a feast featuring ceremonial or ritual use of the head or heads of enemies.

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1857 Chambers's Jrnl. 26 Sept. 203/1 The grand entertainment is delayed till an abundant harvest should enable them to celebrate the head-feast in a manner suited to the dignity of the occasion.

1882 H. de Windt On Equator 82 These ‘Head Feasts’ are general among the aboriginal tribes throughout the island of Borneo.

1996 J. Hoskins Headhunting & Social Imagination S.E. Asia 22 In the invocation recited at the head feast, taking heads is seen as gathering the fruit of this tree in the afterworld.

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单词	head feast
释义	> as lemmas head feast head feast n. now historical (among certain headhunting tribes) a feast featuring ceremonial or ritual use of the head or heads of enemies. ΚΠ 1857 Chambers's Jrnl. 26 Sept. 203/1 The grand entertainment is delayed till an abundant harvest should enable them to celebrate the head-feast in a manner suited to the dignity of the occasion. 1882 H. de Windt On Equator 82 These ‘Head Feasts’ are general among the aboriginal tribes throughout the island of Borneo. 1996 J. Hoskins Headhunting & Social Imagination S.E. Asia 22 In the invocation recited at the head feast, taking heads is seen as gathering the fruit of this tree in the afterworld. extracted from headn.¹ < as lemmas
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