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单词 poleaxe
释义

poleaxe

/ˈpəʊlæks/
( <美> 亦作poleax)
1
another term for BATTLEAXE (in sense 1).
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。
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 pollaex, Middle Low German pollexe (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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