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suttee
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音标:英 [sʌ'tiː] 美 ['sʌti]
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解释:
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n. 妻子的殉节;殉夫自焚的妻子
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英文词源:
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suttee (n.)
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"self-cremation of a Hindu widow on her husband's funeral pyre," 1786, from Hindi, from Sanskrit sati "virtuous woman, faithful wife," used also of the burning, fem. of sat "good, wise, virtuous, true," literally "existing," present participle of asmi "I am" (cognate with Latin esse; see essence). Properly, the word for the woman who does so. The custom was abolished in British India in 1829.
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双语例句:
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1. It was quite unlikely that he should be arrested for preventing a suttee.
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