英语词汇“to point the bone”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

d. to point the (death) bone.

(a) transitive. With reference to Australian Aboriginal tradition: to will the death of (a person) by a ceremony in which the victim is indicated with a special bone. Cf. pointing bone n. at pointing n.¹ Compounds 2.

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the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > be killed [verb (intransitive)] > by occult methods

to point the bone1880

the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [verb (transitive)] > put an evil spell on > point bone at

to point the bone1880

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1880 Telegraph (Brisbane) (Electronic ed.) 11 Sept. The blacks firmly believe that they can make anyone sick merely by pointing the bone at them.

1887 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 16 33 People who fell ill were often asked by their friends, ‘Have you not dreamed of the man who has pointed the bone at you?’

1897 W. E. Roth Ethnol. Stud. N.-W.-Central Queensland Aborigines xi. 156 While the death bone is being ‘pointed’, the blood of the victim passes invisibly across the intervening space to the ‘pointer’.

1904 W. B. Spencer & F. J. Gillen Northern Tribes Central Austral. xiv. 458 If it were known that any one had ‘pointed the bone’, that man would at once be killed.

1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake i. 193 He points the deathbone and the quick are still.

2002 N. Drury Dict. Esoteric 231/1 Ngathungi, technique of pointing the bone used by the Aborigines of the Lower Murray region in Australia.

(b) transitive. figurative (Australian colloquial) In early use: to wish or bring defeat or failure on (a person). Later: to accuse, blame, or condemn (a person) (cf. to point the finger (of scorn, derision, etc.) at sense 10c).

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1923 Freeman's Jrnl. (Sydney) 17 May 11/1 Nicholls' downfall was due to sheer fatalism. A Nationalist pointed the bone of defeat at him, and Sam laid down to be beaten by 80-odd votes.

1927 Sydney Morning Herald 20 Sept. 10/4 The Trades Hall has but to ‘point the bone’ against him,..and the electors' vote will count for nothing.

1935 Canberra Times 29 July 3/3 A packed house at Queanbeyan Stadium on Saturday night saw Gavan Doyle..‘point the bone’ at Jack Richards in the sixth round of a scheduled ten-round bout.

1967 B. Jefferis One Black Summer x. 184 You're asking me to point the bone at someone on no real evidence at all.

1972 A. Chipper Aussie Swearers Guide 33 The greatest sin against the Australian spirit of mateship is to point a bone at a cobber, i.e. sneak on a friend or leave him in the lurch.

1995 Canberra Times 6 Apr. 11/2 Walsh reckons that Keating is for the high jump at the next Election... Mind you,..it's only the third time lucky rule he's clinging to in pointing the bone at Keating.

单词	to point the bone
释义	> as lemmas to point the (death) bone d. to point the (death) bone. (a) transitive. With reference to Australian Aboriginal tradition: to will the death of (a person) by a ceremony in which the victim is indicated with a special bone. Cf. pointing bone n. at pointing n.¹ Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > be killed [verb (intransitive)] > by occult methods to point the bone1880 the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [verb (transitive)] > put an evil spell on > point bone at to point the bone1880 bone1901 1880 Telegraph (Brisbane) (Electronic ed.) 11 Sept. The blacks firmly believe that they can make anyone sick merely by pointing the bone at them. 1887 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 16 33 People who fell ill were often asked by their friends, ‘Have you not dreamed of the man who has pointed the bone at you?’ 1897 W. E. Roth Ethnol. Stud. N.-W.-Central Queensland Aborigines xi. 156 While the death bone is being ‘pointed’, the blood of the victim passes invisibly across the intervening space to the ‘pointer’. 1904 W. B. Spencer & F. J. Gillen Northern Tribes Central Austral. xiv. 458 If it were known that any one had ‘pointed the bone’, that man would at once be killed. 1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake i. 193 He points the deathbone and the quick are still. 2002 N. Drury Dict. Esoteric 231/1 Ngathungi, technique of pointing the bone used by the Aborigines of the Lower Murray region in Australia. (b) transitive. figurative (Australian colloquial) In early use: to wish or bring defeat or failure on (a person). Later: to accuse, blame, or condemn (a person) (cf. to point the finger (of scorn, derision, etc.) at sense 10c). ΚΠ 1923 Freeman's Jrnl. (Sydney) 17 May 11/1 Nicholls' downfall was due to sheer fatalism. A Nationalist pointed the bone of defeat at him, and Sam laid down to be beaten by 80-odd votes. 1927 Sydney Morning Herald 20 Sept. 10/4 The Trades Hall has but to ‘point the bone’ against him,..and the electors' vote will count for nothing. 1935 Canberra Times 29 July 3/3 A packed house at Queanbeyan Stadium on Saturday night saw Gavan Doyle..‘point the bone’ at Jack Richards in the sixth round of a scheduled ten-round bout. 1967 B. Jefferis One Black Summer x. 184 You're asking me to point the bone at someone on no real evidence at all. 1972 A. Chipper Aussie Swearers Guide 33 The greatest sin against the Australian spirit of mateship is to point a bone at a cobber, i.e. sneak on a friend or leave him in the lurch. 1995 Canberra Times 6 Apr. 11/2 Walsh reckons that Keating is for the high jump at the next Election... Mind you,..it's only the third time lucky rule he's clinging to in pointing the bone at Keating. extracted from pointv.¹ < as lemmas
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