| 单词 | scalp yell |
| 释义 | > as lemmasscalp yell scalp yell n. a shout celebrating the taking of a scalp. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [noun] > battle or a battle > battle-cry or slogan descryc1450 ensign1487 escry1489 senyea1510 slogan1513 cry1548 larum1555 hubbaboo1596 field wordc1625 celeusma1680 tecbir1708 war-whoop1739 war cry1748 scalp yell1792 banner-cry1810 battle-cry1815 battle-word1815 hurrah1841 rebel yell1862 on-cry1899 1792 H. H. Brackenridge Mod. Chivalry I. v. ii. 113 A warrior..separates it [sc. a scalp] from the head, giving, in the mean time, what is called the scalp yell. 1913 J. London Valley of Moon 465 He drew his finny prize to the bank..with the scalp-yell of a Comanche. 1947 National Geographic Mag. July 108/1 The hundreds of scientists being marshaled there are pioneers more potent than any who fought when war drums rolled along the Mohawk, scalp yells quivered on the valley air, and the frontier was aflame. < as lemmas |
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