Jonestown

词形变化

Jonestowns 复数 Jonestowns

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any mass suicide or murder, especially one with religious or cultic overtones.

name
  1. 1.

    A former settlement in northern Guyana founded by the Peoples Temple cult, and the site of an infamous mass murder-suicide in November 1978.

  2. 2.

    The Jonestown massacre itself.

    非正式
  3. 3.

    Any of a number of other places in the English-speaking world.

词源

From Jones + town, after Reverend Jim Jones, leader of the Peoples Temple.

来源：wiktionary