Mau Mau
/ˈmaʊmaʊ/1
- an African secret society originating among the Kikuyu that in the 1950s used violence and terror to try to expel European settlers and end British rule in Kenya. The British eventually subdued the organization, but Kenya gained independence in 1963.矛矛党（非洲一秘密组织, 由基库尤人于20世纪50年代创立, 进行暴力和恐怖活动, 试图赶走欧洲移民并结束英国对肯尼亚的统治; 英国人最终镇压了该组织, 而肯尼亚在1963年获得了独立）。
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mau-mau
as verb with obj. US informal terrorize or threaten (someone)〈美, 非正式〉恐吓, 威胁。
词源
Kikuyu.