mutawa

发音

/mʊˈtɑːwə/
/muːˈtɑːwə/

词形变化

mutaween 复数 mutaween

别名

mutawwa muttawa

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A member of the religious police in Saudi Arabia.

    Conservatively dressed, but not in the standard attire of Saudi women, Wynn-Stanley was harangued by a mutawwa, so she pulled out her Saudi-issued diplomatic identity card. The mutawwa’s response was to throw it on the ground and grind it into the pavement with the sole of his shoe, a gesture considered a grave insult in Arab custom.

  2. 2.

    The religious police as a body.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 4

police law constabulary police force

词源

From the Arabic مُطَوَّع (muṭawwaʕ, “compliance officer, pious volunteer”), from طَوَّعَ (ṭawwaʕa, “to subjugate”).

来源：wiktionary