单词 | javelin |
释义 | javelinn. 1. a. A light spear thrown with the hand with or without the help of a thong; a dart. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > spear or lance > [noun] > specific for throwing gavelockc1000 wifleOE dartc1330 gavelot14.. pilec1400 hurlbatc1450 javelot1489 espiot1490 javelin1513 archegay1523 framea1545 zagaie1590 bourdonasse1596 assegai1600 1513 [see javelin-spear n. at Compounds 1]. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 233/2 Iavelyn a speare, jauelot. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Sam. xix. 10 Saul..had a iauelynge in his hande... And Saul thought with the iauelinge to sticke Dauid fast to the wall. 1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Ev With iauelings point a churlish swine to goare. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 658 Others from the Wall defend With Dart and Jav'lin . View more context for this quotation 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 227 When the hunters approach him [sc. the lion], they either shoot or throw their javelins. 1869 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour i. 2 The arrow—either discharged from the bow or thrown as a javelin from the hand. b. Heraldry. A charge consisting of a short spear with a barbed head. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of weapons or armour > [noun] > javelin javelin1866 1866 J. E. Cussans Gram. Heraldry 43 When a simple spear is intended, it must be described as a javelin. ΚΠ 1718 N. Rowe tr. Lucan Pharsalia ix Fierce from afar a darting javelin shot, For such, the serpent's name has Afric taught. d. figurative. ΚΠ 1850 E. B. Browning Island v Where the grey rocks strike Their javelins up the azure. 1856 S. Warner Hills of Shatemuc 242 The speaker was a well dressed and easy mannered man of the world, but with a very javelin of an eye. 1867 J. G. Whittier Tent on Beach 197 Piercing the waves along its track With the slant javelins of rain. a. A pointed weapon with a long shaft used for thrusting; a pike or half-pike; a lance. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > pike > [noun] staff-swordc1000 pike1487 pick1515 javelin1520 peak1543 1520 in W. Jerdan Rutland Papers (1842) 43 And lx of his [sc. the king's] gard on horsbacke, with javelyns. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. ccxxxvv Euery man hauyng a iauelyn or slaughsword to keepe the people in aray. 1576 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1848) II. 27 Ane halberd, dence aiks, or geweling. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Javeline, a weapon of a size between the Pike and Partisan. a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) II. 422 And see thy javelin's point be bright, Thy falchion's temper true. b. One who bears a ‘javelin’; = javelin-man n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > an officer of the court > [noun] > attendant on judge or magistrate lictorc1384 porter1607 javelin-man1705 judge's marshal1830 javelin1849 javelineer1879 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 338 There were the halls where the judges, robed in scarlet and escorted by javelins and trumpets, opened the king's commission twice a year. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > order Clupeiformes > [noun] > family Engraulidae > engraulis encrasicholus (anchovy) anchovy1582 javelin1655 sea-minnow1672 spearing1884 the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > order Clupeiformes > [noun] > family Clupeidae and herrings > clupea pilchardus (pilchard) pilchard1407 javelin1655 gypsy herring1803 French sardine1847 1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xviii. 154 Javelings or Sea-darts are plentiful in the Venecian gulf and all the Adriatique Sea. Compounds C1. attributive and in other combinations. javelin-bearer n. ΚΠ 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Iauelyn bearer, lancearius. javelin-head n. ΚΠ 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Iauelyn head, sicilites. javelin-spear n. ΚΠ 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xii. iv. 14 The braid hed brangland on the ievilling speyr. javelin-darting adj. ΚΠ 1813 Ld. Byron Bride Abydos i. ix. 250 Nor marked the javelin-darting crowd. javelin-proof adj. ΚΠ 1866 J. Conington tr. Virgil Æneid ii. 664 Screened by a pent house javelin-proof. C2. javelin-bat n. a South American vampire, Phyllostoma hastatum. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Chiroptera or bat > [noun] > suborder Microchiroptera > family Desmodontidae (vampire bat) vampire1774 spectre-bat1781 vampire bat1790 flying-dog1796 javelin-bat1861 1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. ii. iv. i. 212 It has been asserted that..the Vampire and the Javelin Bat..could destroy a man by sucking his blood. javelin-fish n. a species of hæmulonid fish ( Pomodasys hasta) (Funk). javelin-snake n. a snake-like lizard of the genus Acontias = dart-snake n. at dart n. Compounds 2; also applied to various species of Bothrops, an American genus of Crotalidæ or rattlesnakes. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [noun] > family Scincidae > member of genus Acontias (dart-snake) dart1591 darter1608 dart-serpent1608 arrow snake1611 dart-snake1694 shoot-serpent1731 javelin-snake1835 the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Viperidae (vipers) > subfamily Crotalinae > genus Trimeresurus > fer-de-lance labaria1825 javelin-snake1835 rat-tailed snake1854 lance-head1859 fer-de-lance1880 lance-snake1880 1835 Penny Cycl. IV. 529/1 These bones are absent in the fourth subgenus, Acontias (Javelin-Snake) of Cuvier. 1847 W. B. Carpenter Zool.: Systematic Acct. I. §502 The Acontias, or Javelin Snake, of Southern Africa, is nearly allied to our Slow-worm. 1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. ii. v. i. 257 The most formidable species is the Javelin Snake properly so called, or Yellow Viper of Martinique (Bothrops Lanceolatus). javelin-throwing n. the throwing of a javelin as an athletic field event; also elliptical as javelin. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > athletics > [noun] > specific athletic sports other than running > throwing javelin javelin-throwing1902 1902 Daily Chron. 7 Apr. 3/1 Professors in a university to teach javelin-throwing. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 3 May 10/2 Very pretty was the javelin-throwing, the long thin spear being launched high into the air. 1958 Times 20 Aug. 2/6 Mrs. Zatopkova..won the women's javelin with a new European record of 183 ft. 9½ in. 1964 J. J. Walsh Understanding Paraplegia xix. 128 Throwing and catching a medicine ball, javelin-throwing, and shot-putting, were all of use. 1974 Country Life 14 Feb. 292/1 The big breakthrough..came from young Charles Clover in the javelin as he threw 278 ft 7¼ in. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). javelinv. transitive. To strike or pierce with or as with a javelin. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > making holes or becoming holed > make (an opening or hole) [verb (transitive)] > make an opening or hole in or into > bore, pierce, or perforate > with something sharp-pointed shearOE sting993 stickOE spita1225 wound?c1225 stitchc1230 pitcha1275 threstc1275 forprick1297 steekc1300 piercec1325 rivec1330 dag?a1400 jag?a1400 lancec1400 pickc1400 tamec1400 forpierce1413 punch1440 launch1460 thringc1485 empiercec1487 to-pierce1488 joba1500 ding1529 stob?1530 probe1542 enthrill1563 inthirlc1580 cloy1590 burt1597 pink1597 lancinate1603 perterebrate1623 puncture1675 spike1687 skiver1832 bepierce1840 gimlet1841 prong1848 javelin1859 1859 Ld. Tennyson Vivien in Idylls of King 142 Out of heaven a bolt..struck, Furrowing a giant oak, and javelining With darted spikes and splinters of the wood The dark earth round. 1898 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 502/2 The lightning began to javelin the pines about the cottage. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1513v.1859 |
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