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单词 fusil
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fusil

1
[ fyoo-zuhl, -sil ]
/ ˈfyu zəl, -sɪl /
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noun

a light flintlock musket.

Origin of fusil

1
1670–80; <French: musket, Old French fuisil, foisil steel for striking fire <Vulgar Latin *focīlis, derivative of Latin focus fire. See focus

Words nearby fusil

fusible, fusible metal, fusiform, fusiform aneurysm, fusiform gyrus, fusil, fusile, fusilier, fusillade, fusilli, fusimotor

Definition for fusil (2 of 2)

fusil2
[ fyoo-zuhl, -sil ]
/ ˈfyu zəl, -sɪl /

adjective

formed by melting or casting; fused; founded.
Archaic. capable of being melted; fusible.
Archaic. melted; molten.
Also fu·sile [fyoo-zuhl, -sil, -sahyl]. /ˈfyu zəl, -sɪl, -saɪl/.

Origin of fusil

2
1350–1400; Middle English <Latin fūsilis molten, fluid. See fuse2, -ile
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British Dictionary definitions for fusil (1 of 2)

fusil1
/ (ˈfjuːzɪl) /

noun

a light flintlock musket

Word Origin for fusil

C16 (in the sense: steel for a tinderbox): from Old French fuisil, from Vulgar Latin focīlis (unattested), from Latin focus fire

British Dictionary definitions for fusil (2 of 2)

fusil2
/ (ˈfjuːzɪl) /

noun

heraldry a charge shaped like a lengthened lozenge

Word Origin for fusil

C15: from Old French fusel, ultimately from Latin fūsus spindle, fuse 1 (the heraldic lozenge originally represented a spindle covered with tow for spinning)
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