( <美> 亦作poleax)
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- a short-handled axe with a spike at the back, formerly used in naval warfare for boarding, resisting boarders, and cutting ropes(旧时海战中用于强行登船, 抵抗强行登船者, 或砍断缆绳的)短柄战斧。
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- a butcher's axe with a hammer head at the back, used to slaughter animals屠斧。
with obj.
1- hit, kill, or knock down with or as if with a poleaxe用斧砍(或杀、敲)。
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- (常作be poleaxed)cause great shock to (someone)使目瞪口呆:
I was poleaxed by this revelation.
我被所揭示出来的事实惊得目瞪口呆。
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