sgian dubh

名词 n.
英 /skiː.ənˈduː/    美 /ski.ənˈdu/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A small, single-edged knife worn tucked into the hose (stocking) as part of traditional Scottish Highland dress along with the kilt. Scotland
    — [Y]oung Durward sprung lightly as the ounce up into the tree, drew from his pouch that most necessary implement of a Highlander or woodsman, the trusty skene dhu, and, calling to those below to receive the body on their hands, cut the rope asunder in less than a minute after he had perceived the exigency.

词形变化

sgian dubhs plural sgians dubh plural sgianan dubha plural,rare sgian-dubh alternative skean dhu alternative skean-dhu alternative skene dhu alternative skene-dhu alternative skhian-dhu alternative

词源

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic sgian-dubh: sgian (“knife”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut; to cut off, sever”)) + dubh (“black; (figurative) hidden”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“deep”)).
The plural form sgianan dubha is also borrowed from Scottish Gaelic.
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