| 单词 | bride burning |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbride burning bride burning n. the killing of a newly married woman by burning, esp. as a punishment for an inadequate or unpaid dowry; (also) an instance of this.Chiefly with reference to crimes committed in India and Pakistan. ΚΠ 1979 Appeal-Democrat (Marysville–Yuba City, Calif.) 4 June b10/1 (caption) Women protest bride burning—Indian women demonstrated outside the home of a family in New Delhi that has been accused of killing a bride because they were unsatisfied with her dowry. 1990 E. Bumiller May you be Mother of Hundred Sons iii. 47 It was not until the late 1970s that the terms ‘bride burning’ and ‘dowry death’ came into use in India, when a handful of feminists began protesting against the occasional case that became known to the public. 2009 N.Y. Times Mag. 23 Aug. 33/2 In India, a ‘bride burning’ takes place approximately once every two hours, to punish a woman for an inadequate dowry or to eliminate her so a man can remarry. < as lemmas |
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