cannibal
cannibal
noun
cannibalism
noun
cannibalistic
adjective
cannibalistically
adverb
语源
noun
- a person who eats the flesh of other human beings
食人者
[as modifier]cannibal tribes.
食人者的部落。
■an animal that feeds on flesh of its own species
同类相食的动物，吃同类的动物
- Anthropologists distinguish two categories of cannibalism among humans: endocannibalism, in which the remains of relatives or other members of one's own group are consumed, generally out of respect and reverence; and exocannibalism, in which the remains of one's enemies are consumed, as a form of ritualized vengeance or with the aim of absorbing the vitality or other qualities of vanquished foes
cannibalism
noun
cannibalistic
adjective
cannibalistically
adverb
语源
- mid 16th cent.: from Spanish Canibales (plural), variant (recorded by Columbus) of Caribes, the name of a West Indian people reputed to eat humans (see Carib)
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