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

1. More fully Mau Mau Association. An African secret society, originating among the Kikuyu and active in the 1950s, which favoured the use of armed resistance to expel European settlers and end British rule in Kenya; a member of this society. Now historical.

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Mau Mau1950

1950 E. Afr. Standard (Nairobi) 16 June A/5 We have arrived at a state of dissatisfaction and insecurity, bitterness and delusion which has given rise to the formation of such societies as the ‘Dini ya Mswambwa’ and the ‘Mau Mau Association’.

1953 Newsweek 6 Apr. 38/3 As the villagers ran from their blazing homes, waiting Mau Maus struck them down with pangas (long knives) and hatchets.

1955 Times 13 July 6/5 Further evidence of the infiltration of Mau Mau into tribes other than the Kikuyu, Embu, and Meru was revealed here to-day.

1971 Sunday Nation (Nairobi) 11 Apr. 12/5 Events beyond human control—famine, Mau Mau, the changing environment.

1990 C. Allen Savage Wars of Peace (1991) 135 A sweep was going on at the Tana River and on one flank of the sweep there was a large gang of Mau Mau.

单词	mau mau association
释义	> as lemmas Mau Mau Association 1. More fully Mau Mau Association. An African secret society, originating among the Kikuyu and active in the 1950s, which favoured the use of armed resistance to expel European settlers and end British rule in Kenya; a member of this society. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > African politics > [noun] > Kenyan politics > specific association Mau Mau1950 1950 E. Afr. Standard (Nairobi) 16 June A/5 We have arrived at a state of dissatisfaction and insecurity, bitterness and delusion which has given rise to the formation of such societies as the ‘Dini ya Mswambwa’ and the ‘Mau Mau Association’. 1953 Newsweek 6 Apr. 38/3 As the villagers ran from their blazing homes, waiting Mau Maus struck them down with pangas (long knives) and hatchets. 1955 Times 13 July 6/5 Further evidence of the infiltration of Mau Mau into tribes other than the Kikuyu, Embu, and Meru was revealed here to-day. 1971 Sunday Nation (Nairobi) 11 Apr. 12/5 Events beyond human control—famine, Mau Mau, the changing environment. 1990 C. Allen Savage Wars of Peace (1991) 135 A sweep was going on at the Tana River and on one flank of the sweep there was a large gang of Mau Mau. extracted from Mau Maun.adj. < as lemmas
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