Sabre
['seɪbə] or ['sebɚ]
解釋/意思:
(n.) A sword with a broad and heavy blade, thick at the back, and usually more or less curved like a scimiter; a cavalry sword.
(v. t.) To strike, cut, or kill with a saber; to cut down, as with a saber.
(n. & v.) See Saber.
手打:特伦斯
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [Written also Saber.] Cimeter, falchion, cavalry sword, dragoon's sword.
校對:惠特尼
解釋/意思:
n. a heavy one-edged sword slightly curved towards the point used by cavalry.—v.t. to wound or kill with a sabre.—ns. Sā′bre-bill a South American bird: a curlew; Sā′bre-fish the hair-tail or silver eel.—adj. Sā′bre-toothed having extremely long upper canine teeth.—n. Sā′bre-wing a humming-bird.
整理:尼古拉斯
例句/造句/用法:
- He didn't have a sabre cut. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- On these occasions he wore his dress uniform, cocked hat, aiguillettes, sabre and spurs. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- There were also wild horses, and the sabre-toothed tiger still abounded. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- With a sabre cut, I suppose, and a bandage around his head. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- It may be that the early sub-man sometimes played jackal to the sabre-toothed tiger, and finished up the bodies on which the latter had gorged itself. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The sabre-toothed tiger was diminishing towards extinction. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Maurice sprang aside, just in time to avoid a slashing-down blow, and, turning on his foe, made a dash at him with his sabre. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- They were armed with crooked sabres, having the hilt and baldric inlaid with gold, and matched with Turkish daggers of yet more costly workmanship. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- A sort of rough court was constituted, and outside gathered a wild mob armed with sabres, pikes, and axes. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- A rude clattering of feet over the floor, and four rough men in red caps, armed with sabres and pistols, entered the room. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
手打:所罗门