cutlass

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A short sword with a curved blade, and a convex edge; once used by sailors when boarding an enemy ship.
    — She could feel Tern’s stare fixed right between her shoulder blades, and knew he was aching to plunge his cutlass there.
  2. A similarly shaped tool; a machete.
动词 v.
  1. To cut back (vegetation) with a cutlass. transitive

词形变化

cutlasses plural cutlasses present,singular,third-person cutlassing participle,present cutlassed participle,past cutlassed past

词汇关系

近义词
cuttoe hanger
衍生词
cutlassfish cutlass bearing

词源

词源 1
From Middle French coutelas, from Old French coutel (“knife”) + -as (augmentative suffix).
词源 2
From Middle French coutelas, from Old French coutel (“knife”) + -as (augmentative suffix).
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