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单词 rain-charm
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rain-charm n. an object, action, or incantation used in rain-making rituals.
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1890 J. G. Frazer Golden Bough I. iii. 403 A custom of throwing the body of the victim, or at least a portion of it, into the Nile as a rain-charm.
1923 D. A. Mackenzie Myths China & Japan x. 145 A Vedic frog-hymn was chanted by Aryo-Indian priests as a rain-charm when Indra's services were requisitioned.
2006 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 10 May 30 A wooden door filled with beads gets spun around like a giant rain-charm, imitating the roar of sea surf.
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