| 单词 | bone-pointing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbone-pointing bone-pointing n. [after to point the bone at point v.1 10d] (among some Australian Aboriginal peoples) a ceremony or ritual intended to bring illness or death to a person, in which a special bone is pointed at the intended victim; the action of performing such a ritual; (now also figurative) (Australian colloquial) the action or fact of criticizing or apportioning blame; cf. sense 5b, to point the bone at point v.1 10d.Recorded earliest in attributive use. ΚΠ 1895 Advertiser (Adelaide) 27 May 6/2 This case has all the appearance of an instance of death caused through the bone-pointing custom so common amongst Australian aborigines in the north. 1906 Man 6 79 If the man's relations find out who has done the bone-pointing they will go and ‘sing’ him in revenge. 1962 John o' London's 22 Mar. 266/1 An aborigine stockboy..is found to have been the victim of ‘bone-pointing’. 2001 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 21 May (Guide) 18 Cue..a great deal of bone-pointing at middle-class polity, artifice and hypocrisy. < as lemmas |
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