machete

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A sword-like tool used for cutting large plants with a chopping motion, or used as a weapon.
    — Near-synonyms: (all sometimes or regionally synonymous) bolo, golok, panga, parang, sundang
  2. A small stringed instrument from Madeira, Portugal, having a double bulged body, traditionally of wood, with a small rib and four metallic strings, sometimes attached by wooden pegs.
动词 v.
  1. To cut or chop with a machete. transitive
    — After some hours of intense work, we had macheted a path through the jungle to the bank of the river.

词形变化

machetes plural machetes present,singular,third-person macheteing participle,present macheted participle,past macheted past

词汇关系

衍生词
machete beta machetelike
相关词
cleaver fascine knife hatchet

词源

词源 1
From Spanish machete, diminutive of macho (“sledgehammer”), from Latin mattea, possibly from mactare (“slaughter in sacrifice”); cognate with Old French machier, French massue, English mace.
词源 2
From Spanish machete, diminutive of macho (“sledgehammer”), from Latin mattea, possibly from mactare (“slaughter in sacrifice”); cognate with Old French machier, French massue, English mace.
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