message stick

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A piece of wood, etched with angular lines and dots, traditionally used by Australian aborigines to communicate messages between different clans and language groups. Australia
    — 1889, A. W. Howitt, Australian Message-sticks and Messengers, British Association for the Advancement of Science, Report of the Annual Meeting, Volume 58, page 842, The use of message-sticks is not universal in Australian tribes, and the degree of perfection reached in conveying information by them differs much.

词形变化

message sticks plural message-stick alternative
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