| 释义 |
mauri /ˈmaʊri /noun [mass noun] NZ(In Maori culture) life force or essence: removing the rats was a vital step to reviving the mauri of the island...- The animist beliefs of so many of this Labour Government who talk about the mauri within a mountain or a river are arrant nonsense.
- Traditional Maori beliefs are, for example, that all objects, both animate and inanimate, have a life force, a mauri.
- I understand what is meant by "mauri", but spirituality comes from the individual.
Origin Late 19th century: Maori. |