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In Hindu belief, Kali is a goddess linked with time, death, and destruction. Pictures often show her with dark skin, many arms, a string of heads, and her tongue out; she may stand on the god Shiva.
In Hindu belief,在印度教信仰裡, Kali迦梨 is a goddess是一位女神, linked with time, death, and destruction和時間、死亡、毀滅有關。Pictures often show her圖像裡常常畫她 with dark skin, many arms, a string of heads,皮膚黝黑、有很多隻手臂、掛著一串頭顱, and her tongue out;舌頭伸出來; she may stand on the god Shiva她可能站在濕婆神身上。
That fierce look is the part Western films and Halloween costumes copy, and it is only half the story. For many believers she is also a mother who destroys what is evil and protects her people — the ending of things so that something else can live.
That fierce look這種兇猛的樣子 is the part就是 Western films and Halloween costumes copy,西方電影和萬聖節服裝抄襲的部分, and it is only half the story而這只是故事的一半。For many believers對很多信徒來說 she is also a mother她也是一位母親, who destroys what is evil and protects her people會消滅邪惡、保護她的信眾— the ending of things so that something else can live讓一些東西結束,好讓另一些東西能夠存活。
English speakers usually treat Kali as a proper name and keep the capital K.
English speakers英文使用者 usually treat Kali as a proper name通常把 Kali 當作專有名詞, and keep the capital K並保留大寫的 K。
Pop culture that uses her only as a “scary death goddess” is borrowing the picture and leaving the faith behind. This entry is the goddess, not a stick-fighting art and not a chemistry word that happens to look the same on the page.
Pop culture that uses her only as a "scary death goddess"只把她當成「恐怖死亡女神」來用的流行文化, is borrowing the picture and leaving the faith behind只是借用了這個形象,卻丟下了背後的信仰。This entry這個詞條 is the goddess,指的是這位女神, not a stick-fighting art不是一種棍術, and not a chemistry word that happens to look the same on the page也不是那個剛好拼法一樣的化學用字。
組成From Sanskrit Kālī, the feminine form related to kāla (“black,” and also “time”). The name is the goddess’s name, not an English compound.
原始詞典資料8 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Kaliname詞源 1/ˈkɑːli/
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A goddess in Hinduism, one of the most significant figures within that religion, who destroys evil forces and bestows liberation.
- Kālī is Śiva's "other" wife, as it were, provoking him and encouraging him in his mad, antisocial, often disruptive habits. It is never Kālī who tames Śiva but Śiva who must becalm Kālī.
- To many Hindu Bengalis, Kālī is the most important divinity. Identified with the great Goddess, Devi Bhagavati, she subsumes all other goddesses.
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A female given name from Sanskrit used especially in India.
Kaliname詞源 2
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A male demon, lord of Kali Yuga and the nemesis of Kalki, tenth avatar of Vishnu.
Kaliname詞源 3
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homeopathymedicinesciencesA potassium salt.
kalinoun詞源 1/ˈkæli/
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The prickly glasswort (Kali turgidum, syn. of Salsola kali).
- But the kali is principally regarded, on account of its yielding copiously, when burnt, the fixed alkaline salt called soda[…]
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Alkali, particularly soda ash or potash.
kalinoun詞源 2/ˈkɑːli/
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Traditional Philippine stick fighting, a martial art.
kalinoun詞源 3/ˈkeɪli/
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A type of British crystalline sweet or candy, similar in appearance to sherbet but made with larger sugar crystals.
- [M]any women will be glad to know exactly how to start making sweets so that they will be saleable. [...] Lozenges, comfits, kali, bonbons, etc.
- The stock is supplied by Sela Traditional Sweet Co., based in Thynne Street, West Bromwich, which has been making a vast range of boiled sweets—sarsaparilla tablets, kali, clove balls, lime juice bricks, rosy apples and the rest—since 1882.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。