quarterstaff
n. 铁头木棒（英国旧时的一种武器, 长六英尺至八英尺）
发音
US
/ˈkwɔɹtəɹˌstæf/
词形变化
quarterstaffs
复数
quarterstaffs
quarterstaves
quarterstaves
复数
别名
quarter-staff
quarter-stave
释义与例句
n.
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1.
A wooden staff with an approximate length between 2 and 2.5 meters, sometimes tipped with iron, used as a weapon in rural England during the Early Modern period.
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2.
Fighting or exercise with a wooden staff of this sort.
He was very adept at quarterstaff.
词汇关系
上位词 1
词源
From quarter + staff, attested since about 1550. Probably originally referred to a staff cut from the heartwood of a certain size of tree which was cleft into four parts, per the OED.
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