leopard-man
leopard-man — 名詞
1. A person who belonged to a traditional secret group in parts of West Africa, who
豹人
西非秘密結社的成員
A person who belonged to a traditional secret group in parts of West Africa, whose members attacked victims using sharp claw-like metal weapons, often as part of religious ceremonies or to consume human flesh.
Tunde heard stories about the leopard-men from village elders who remembered the old rituals.
Tunde 從村裡的長輩那裡聽到了關於豹人的故事，這些長輩還記得舊時的儀式。
collocation: village elders + remembered + rituals
In the early 1900s, colonial officers documented several leopard-man attacks on remote West African villages.
在20世紀初期，西非的殖民官員記錄了多起豹人攻擊偏遠村莊的事件。
temporal anchor: early 1900s; passive: documented
The leopard-man tradition is studied by anthropologists trying to piece together the region's spiritual history.
人類學家研究豹人傳統，希望能拼湊出該地區精神信仰的歷史面貌。
Members of the Leopard Society wore iron claws during nighttime ceremonies in the forest.
豹人社的成員在夜間的森林儀式中穿上鐵爪。
文法句型
the leopard-men
leopard-man society
用法筆記
This term appears primarily in historical and anthropological writing about secret societies in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Côte d'Ivoire during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It is rarely used in everyday speech. The plural form leopard-men is common when referring to the group as a whole.