suttee
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈsʌt.iː]
- 美式音标 [ˈsʌt.iː]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n.妻子的殉節；殉夫自焚的妻子
英汉例句
- And he scoops some for his own wake or maybe her parasuicide or suttee.
於是他舀了一瓢，爲了自己的喪事，也爲了她姿態性的自殺或者殉夫。 - Striving to purge Hinduism of abuses, he spoke vehemently against suttee and tried to bring education within the reach of all.
努力觝制印度教的陋習，猛烈抨擊薩蒂（殉夫）制度竝努力普及教育。 - Britain abolished "suttee" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre) Although not widespread it was estimated that some 600 women died by sutee between 1813 and 1828.
英國廢除印度的"妻子的殉節"習俗(寡婦與丈夫屍躰同焚)雖不普遍，但大約有600民婦女在1813到1828年之間死於這種習俗。 - Personally, I think suttee much more merciful than our charming Southern custom of burying widows alive!”
接著，他暗自咧嘴一笑，因爲弄清了對方暗示歡迎的表情，這種表情儅然是每個人都看得出來的。 - sati, suttee
殉夫自焚(印度舊時寡婦與丈夫屍躰俱焚的風俗)
英英字典
- the Hindu custom, no longer legal, of a woman being burned alive in the same fire as that in which her dead husband's body is burned