piblokto / pɪˈblɒk toʊ /

📖毕业后词汇霹雳火

piblokto 的定义

n. 名词 noun

plural pi·blok·tos.Psychology.

  1. a culture-specific syndrome occurring among traditional Inuit women, characterized by an outburst of cries or screams, the removal of clothing, and seeming possession by a bird or animal spirit.

更多piblokto例句

  1. Poor brute, it was no use, and in a short while he commenced to develop symptoms of the dread piblokto, so in mercy he was killed.
  2. The well-known madness among the Eskimo dogs is also called piblokto.
  3. Dogs suffering from piblokto are usually shot, but they are often eaten by the Eskimos.