potlatch
英 ['pɒtlætʃ] 美 ['pɒtˌlætʃ]

n.

（某些印第安部族的）冬节；庆宴；

英英释义

potlatch[ 'pɔt,lætʃ ]

• n.a ceremonial feast held by some Indians of the northwestern coast of North America (as in celebrating a marriage or a new accession) in which the host gives gifts to tribesmen and others to display his superior wealth (sometimes, formerly, to his own impoverishment)

权威例句

THE NATURE OF THE POTLATCH
Generalized potlatch and smoothing processes
The Potlatch System of the Southern Kwakiutl: A New Perspective
Chiefly feasts : the enduring Kwakiutl potlatch
Symbolic Immortality: The Tlingit Potlatch of the Nineteenth Century
Symbolic immortality : the Tlingit potlatch of the nineteenth century
Paternalism, Patronage, and Potlatch: The Dynamics of Giving and Being Given To [and Comments and Reply]
To Make My Name Good: A Reexamination of the Southern Kwakiutl Potlatch by Philip Drucker; Robert F. Heizer
The Church of Baseball, the Fetish of Coca-Cola, and the Potlatch of Rock ‘n’ Roll: Theoretical Models for the Study of Religion i...
Analysis of Downstream Migration Characteristics of Steelhead Kelts Using Instream PIT-Tag Arrays in the Potlatch River Drainage, Id...