| 单词 | assegai |
| 释义 | assegaior as·sa·gai[ as-uh-gahy ] / ˈæs əˌgaɪ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR assegai ON THESAURUS.COM noun, plural as·se·gais.the slender javelin or spear of the Bantu-speaking people of southern Africa. a southern African tree, Curtisia dentata, of the dogwood family, from whose wood such spears are made. verb (used with object), as·se·gaied, as·se·gai·ing.to pierce with an assegai. Origin of assegaiFirst recorded in 1615–25; earlier azagaia, from Portuguese, from Arabic az zaghāyah, equivalent to al “the” + Berber zaghāyah “assegai” Words nearby assegaiassay cup, assay groove, assay office, assay ton, assbackwards, assegai, assemblage, assemblagist, assemble, assembled, assembler Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for assegaiBritish Dictionary definitions for assegaiassegai assagai/ (ˈæsəˌɡaɪ) / noun plural -gaisa southern African cornaceous tree, Curtisia faginea, the wood of which is used for making spears a sharp light spear, esp one made of this wood Word Origin for assegaiC17: from Portuguese azagaia, from Arabic az zaghāyah, from al the + zaghāyah assegai, from Berber Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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