英语词汇“poleaxe”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

pole·axe or pole·ax

(pōlăks′)

1. An axe having a hammer face opposite the blade, used to slaughter cattle.

2. A medieval battle-axe consisting of a long shaft ending in an axe or a combination of an axe, hammer, and pick.

tr.v. pole·axed, pole·ax·ing, pole·ax·es

To strike or fell with or as if with a poleaxe: "When a gang of doves circled above the flowing water and swooped in to feed, he poleaxed the leader with a clean head shot" (William Hoffman).

[Middle English, alteration (influenced by pole, long piece of wood) of pollax : poll, head; see POLL + ax, axe; see AXE.]

单词	poleaxe
释义	pole·axe or pole·ax (pōlăks′) n. 1. An axe having a hammer face opposite the blade, used to slaughter cattle. 2. A medieval battle-axe consisting of a long shaft ending in an axe or a combination of an axe, hammer, and pick. tr.v. pole·axed, pole·ax·ing, pole·ax·es To strike or fell with or as if with a poleaxe: "When a gang of doves circled above the flowing water and swooped in to feed, he poleaxed the leader with a clean head shot" (William Hoffman). [Middle English, alteration (influenced by pole, long piece of wood) of pollax : poll, head; see POLL + ax, axe; see AXE.]
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