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.妻子的殉节；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.
于是他舀了一瓢，为了自己的丧事，也为了她姿态性的自杀或者殉夫。 - Striving to purge Hinduism of abuses, he spoke vehemently against suttee and tried to bring education within the reach of all.
努力抵制印度教的陋习，猛烈抨击萨蒂（殉夫）制度并努力普及教育。 - 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.
英国废除印度的"妻子的殉节"习俗(寡妇与丈夫尸体同焚)虽不普遍，但大约有600民妇女在1813到1828年之间死于这种习俗。 - Personally, I think suttee much more merciful than our charming Southern custom of burying widows alive!”
接着，他暗自咧嘴一笑，因为弄清了对方暗示欢迎的表情，这种表情当然是每个人都看得出来的。 - sati, suttee
殉夫自焚(印度旧时寡妇与丈夫尸体俱焚的风俗)
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