crowbill

n. 喙状钳子

发音

UK /ˈkɹəʊbɪl/
其它
US /ˈkɹoʊˌbɪl/

词形变化

crowbills 复数 crowbills

别名

crow-bill

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A kind of forceps for extracting bullets, etc., from wounds.

    医学
  2. 2.

    Synonym of bec de corbin (“poleaxe with a modified hammerhead and a spike mounted on the top of the pole”).

    历史 工程 政治 军事

词源

From crow (“bird of the genus Corvus”) + bill (“beak of a bird”). Sense 1 (“kind of forceps”) is probably from its appearance, while sense 2 (“type of poleaxe”) is a calque of French bec de corbin (literally “crow or raven's beak”).

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