单词 | saber |
释义 | sa·ber (sābər) n. 1. A heavy cavalry sword with a one-edged, slightly curved blade. 2. A light dueling or fencing sword having an arched guard covering the hand and a tapered flexible blade with a cutting edge on one side and on the tip. tr.v. sa·bered, sa·ber·ing, sa·bers 1. To hit, injure, or kill with a saber. 2. To remove the tip of (a Champagne bottle) by swiping a saber or similar instrument along the bottle's seam until it hits the lip at the bottle's tip. The pressure inside the bottle causes the tip of the glass and the cork to shoot off together. [French sabre, from obsolete German sabel, from Middle High German, from Hungarian szablya, perhaps (probably via a word in a Turkic language akin to Kyrgyz selebe) ultimately of Tungusic origin; akin to Manchu seleme, dagger, from sele, iron.] |
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