cutlass

FREQ #36614

n. 短剑, 弯刀

发音

US /ˈkʌtləs/

词形变化

cutlasses 复数 cutlasses cutlassed cutlasses 三单 cutlassing cutlassing 现在分词 cutlassed 过去式 cutlassed 过去分词

别名

curtle-axe cutlas cutlash

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A short sword with a curved blade, and a convex edge; once used by sailors when boarding an enemy ship.

    航海 交通
  2. 2.

    A similarly shaped tool; a machete.

v.
  1. 1.

    To cut back (vegetation) with a cutlass.

    及物

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词源

From Middle French coutelas, from Old French coutel (“knife”) + -as (augmentative suffix).

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