haka
/hah-kah/US // ˈhɑ kɑ //UK // (ˈhɑːkə) //
哈卡,哈克
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a ceremonial Maori war dance that involves chanting.
- : a similar performance by a sports team, especially before a Rugby match in New Zealand.
Examples
The Haka, a traditional Maori dance, is best known as the pregame ritual of the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team.
Their skulls had decorated the village of some Chin chief at Haka ever since.
The Hakas, lying south of the Tashon country and round about Haka.
A great Maori haka was held, to which not only the natives themselves, but the whole of the English inhabitants, were invited.
On the 9th the sappers, with a covering escort, commenced work on the road to Haka, which was sixty-four miles distant.
Every one thought that our men would be in Haka in ten or twelve days, and all calculations were based on this estimate.
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