tomahawk

FREQ #35230

n. (印第安)战斧, 短柄小斧 vt. 用战斧斩

发音

US /ˈtɑ.mə.hɔk/
其它 /ˈtɑ.mə.hɑk/
UK /ˈtɒm.ə.hɔːk/

词形变化

tomahawks 复数 tomahawks tomahawked tomahawking tomahawks 三单 tomahawking 现在分词 tomahawked 过去式 tomahawked 过去分词

别名

tommyhawk

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An axe used by Native American warriors, originally made of stone, bone, or antler.

  2. 2.

    A dunk performed with one's arm behind one's head.

    体育 游戏
  3. 3.

    A geometric construction consisting of a semicircle and two line segments that serves as a tool for trisecting an angle; so called from its resemblance to the American Indian axe.

    印第安战斧

    战斧

    数学
  4. 4.

    A field hockey shot style that involves a player turning their hockey stick upside-down and swinging it so that its inside edge will come into contact with the ball.

v.
  1. 1.

    To strike or cut up with a tomahawk.

    及物

    Not satisfied with tomahawking our colleagues in the country, they ask the scanty remnant in the House to join in the scalp dance.

  2. 2.

    To girdle or incise the trees around (an area of land) so as to claim ownership of it.

    历史 及物
  3. 3.

    To perform a tomahawk dunk.

    及物 体育 游戏

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

hatchet

上位词 2

arm weapon
动词

上位词 2

kill cut

相关短语

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词源

From an Eastern Algonquian word, most likely Powhatan tumahák; compare also Malecite-Passamaquoddy tomhikon (“axe”), Abenaki temahigan, demahigan (“axe”).

来源：wiktionary