| 单词 | bone thrower |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbone thrower bone thrower n. (esp. in southern Africa) a person who uses bones in divination by studying the pattern they form when thrown on to the ground or another surface; cf. bone-throwing n. 2, to throw the bones at Phrases 1l. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination from bones > [noun] > by throwing bones > one who practises bone thrower1887 1887 Cornhill Mag. Dec. 608 Then did thy son Ungulube seek the bone-thrower to consult his great wisdom, as do all true children of the king. 1953 P. H. Abrahams Return to Goli v. 180 In desperation she went to a ‘bone-thrower’. 2009 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 12 June 7 That standing army of prognosticators, from palm readers to bone throwers and quantitative analysts, who throughout history have made money in the present by selling us the future. < as lemmas |
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