英语词汇poleaxe怎么读，是什么意思，单词翻译、读音、固定搭配用法和短语词组及例句-英汉双解词典

( <美> 亦作poleax)

noun

another term for BATTLEAXE (in sense 1). 同BATTLEAXE（义项1）。

1.1

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。

1.2

a butcher's axe with a hammer head at the back, used to slaughter animals 屠斧。

verb

with obj.

hit, kill, or knock down with or as if with a poleaxe 用斧砍（或杀、敲）。

1.1

（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。

词源

Middle English: related to Middle Dutch pol（l）aex, Middle Low German pol（l）exe （see POLL, AXE）. The change in the first syllable was due to association with POLE¹; the first element poll- may have referred to a special head of the axe or to the head of an enemy.

单词	poleaxe
释义	noun verb poleaxe /ˈpəʊlæks/ ( <美> 亦作poleax) noun 1 another term for BATTLEAXE (in sense 1). 同BATTLEAXE（义项1）。 1.1 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。 1.2 a butcher's axe with a hammer head at the back, used to slaughter animals 屠斧。 verb with obj. 1 hit, kill, or knock down with or as if with a poleaxe 用斧砍（或杀、敲）。 1.1 （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。词源 Middle English: related to Middle Dutch pol（l）aex, Middle Low German pol（l）exe （see POLL, AXE）. The change in the first syllable was due to association with POLE¹; the first element poll- may have referred to a special head of the axe or to the head of an enemy.
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