machete

FREQ #16071

n. 大砍刀 [化] 马歇特; 丁草胺

发音

其它 /məˈʃɛ.ti/
其它 /məˈʃɛ.ti/
US /məˈʃɛ.ti/

词形变化

machetes 复数 machetes macheted macheteing machetes 三单 macheting macheteing 现在分词 macheted 过去式 macheted 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A sword-like tool used for cutting large plants with a chopping motion, or used as a weapon.

    大砍刀

    弯刀

    宽刃刀

    关刀

    大柄刀

    Near-synonyms: (all sometimes or regionally synonymous) bolo, golok, panga, parang, sundang

  2. 2.

    A small stringed instrument from Madeira, Portugal, having a double bulged body, traditionally of wood, with a small rib and four metallic strings, sometimes attached by wooden pegs.

v.
  1. 1.

    To cut or chop with a machete.

    及物

    After some hours of intense work, we had macheted a path through the jungle to the bank of the river.

词汇关系

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词源

From Spanish machete, diminutive of macho (“sledgehammer”), from Latin mattea, possibly from mactare (“slaughter in sacrifice”); cognate with Old French machier, French massue, English mace.

来源:wiktionary