toxophilite

n. 弓箭手, 射箭爱好者

发音

/tɒkˈsɒfɪlʌɪt/

词形变化

toxophilites 复数 toxophilites

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Someone keen on or an expert at archery; a lover or practitioner of archery.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Pertaining to archery.

词源

From Toxophilus, the title of a 1545 book by Roger Ascham intended to mean ‘lover of the bow’, from Ancient Greek τόξον (tóxon, “bow”) + φίλος (phílos, “love”); equivalent to τόξον (tóxon) + -philite.

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