| 单词 |
broadsword |
| 释义 |
broadsword|ˈbrɔːdsɔəd| [f. broad a. + sword.] ‘A cutting sword with a broad blade’ (J.). Also attrib.
[a1000Byrhtnoth 15 (Gr.) Ða he healdan mihte brad swurd.] c1565Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. an. 1559 The master of Lindsay struck him on the head with a broad⁓sword. 1789Mrs. Piozzi Journ. France I. 243 The Highland broad-sword is still called an Andrew Ferrara. 1799Rowlandson (title) Hungarian and Highland Broadsword Exercise. 1843Prescott Mexico I. 359 They killed two of the horses, cutting through their necks with their stout broadswords..at a blow. b. transf. (pl.) Men armed with broadswords.
1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 330 Lochiel, surrounded by more than six hundred broadswords. c. Comb., as broadsword-shaped adj.
1870Rolleston Anim. Life 22 The scapula, a broadsword-shaped bone. |

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