| 单词 | human sacrifice |
| 释义 | > as lemmashuman sacrifice human sacrifice n. the ritual killing of a human as an offering to a god or gods; (as a count noun) an instance of this; a human sacrificed in this way. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > [noun] > one who or that which undergoes offeringOE offering-lakec1175 offeranda1225 sacrificec1250 hosta1340 presenta1400 hostie1483 victim1497 obleya1500 offer1548 offrage1548 oblation1561 human sacrifice1569 anathema1573 victimate1583 immolation1586 deodatea1600 vict1639 anatheme1655 the world > life > death > killing > killing for specific reason > [noun] > ritual killing human sacrifice1569 ritual murder1883 1569 T. Underdowne tr. Heliodorus Æthiop. Hist. x. f. 134 Hidaspes perceiued that they called for Humaine Sacrifices, which are woonte to be offered of those that are taken in straunge warres. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 392 Moloch, horrid King besmear'd with blood Of human sacrifice, and parents tears. View more context for this quotation 1759 R. Spearman Lett. to Friend iv. 412 Dealt with him in the same manner as they were want to do with their expiatory or purificatory human sacrifices. 1863 D. Wilson Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. (ed. 2) I. i. iii. 76 The system of human sacrifices was not unknown among early Roman sepulchral rites. 1964 G. Turville-Petre Myth & Relig. of North xiii. 254 A peculiarly revolting form of human sacrifice was that of cutting the ‘blood-eagle’ (blóðǫrn rista). The ribs were cut from the back and the lungs drawn out. 2003 Snoop Apr. 45/1 The Thuggees were a bloodthirsty cult who worshipped the Goddess Kali and sought human sacrifices to offer to their chosen deity. < as lemmas |
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