| 单词 | traditional healer | 
| 释义 | > as lemmastraditional healer   traditional healer  n. a practitioner of traditional medicine, often viewed as capable of dealing with spiritual afflictions and social problems as well as physical illnesses.Used esp. in African contexts. ΚΠ 1958    N.Y. Times 18 May  l19/1  				The Nganga, as the traditional healers are known among their peoples, are earning up to £150 ($420) a month. 1975    Times of India 8 June 6/1  				The bulk of villagers rely on traditional healers to deal with their everyday complaints. 1990    R. Malan My Traitor's Heart 185  				The classified sections of Soweto's newspapers carried ads in which ‘traditional healers’ or ‘herbalists’ offered to restore love to the lovelorn, seal homes against evil spirits, thwart the designs of enemies, and cure disease. 2010    Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o Dreams in Time of War 159  				If she had depended on the hospital alone she would have died. But fortunately a traditional healer was able to penetrate the source of the evil straightaway. < as lemmas | 
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