glaive

n. 大刀, 宽刃刀, 阔剑

发音

US /ɡleɪv/
UK /ɡleɪv/

词形变化

glaives 复数 glaives

别名

glave gleave

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A light lance with a long, sharp-pointed head.

    历史 废旧
  2. 2.

    A weapon consisting of a pole with a large blade fixed on the end, the edge of which is on the outside curve.

    长柄刀

    历史
  3. 3.

    A sword, particularly a broadsword.

    古体 诗歌

相关短语

Welsh glaive

词源

From Middle English gleyve (“lance, glaive”), from Old French glaive (“lance; sword”), from Late Latin glavus. The further etymology is uncertain; one possibility is that glavus reflects Latin gladius (“sword”) crossed with clāva (“club”); another is that it derives from a re-crossing of gladius with Proto-Celtic *kladiwos (“sword”); yet another is that it is a borrowing into Late Latin from Old Irish claideb. All of the aforementioned words derive ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to beat; to break”). The Oxford English Dictionary notes that none of these words had the oldest meaning of Old French glaive (“lance”). The English word is cognate with Middle Dutch glavie, glaye (“lance”); Middle High German glavîe, glævîn (“lance”), Swedish glaven (“lance”).

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