词汇 | suttee |
释义 | sutteeWord family nounsutteesutteeism Hinduismsut·tee /ˈsʌtiː $ sʌˈtiː, ˈsʌtiː/ noun [uncountableU] RRHthe ancient custom in the Hindu religion of burning a wife with her husband when he dies 殉夫自焚〔印度教中丈夫去世后妻子自焚殉夫的古老习俗〕 Examples from the Corpus suttee• After discussing this particular case of suttee, the diners went on to remember past incidents of the same nature.• The last thing a cocky little man like Hatton would want was a kind of spiritual suttee. |
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