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单词 sabre
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Definition of sabre in English:

sabre

(US saber)
noun ˈseɪbəˈseɪbər
  • 1A heavy cavalry sword with a curved blade and a single cutting edge.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The sword was far too heavy, so Raven took a saber and imbued it with magical strength and abilities.
    • Muskets and pikes and sabers lay strewn and forgotten like cut hay.
    • Twelve of Poland's divisions were cavalry, armed with lance and sabre, and they were no match for tanks.
    • She charged at her, blade of the dark saber extended.
    • In addition to shortages on armor plates there has also been a shortage on assault rifles, requiring the military to outfit one man per platoon with a cavalry saber.
    • Old muskets, pistols and sabers were spread everywhere Billy and White Eagle rode.
    • They rode sturdy Mongolian ponies, wore distinctive fur caps, and carried sabers, pistols, and rifles.
    • Then bend Dante's sword so that it is curved like a saber.
    • Police sabers, cavalry sabers, European-type dress swords and other non-traditional blades are outside the scope of this discussion.
    • In February, the troop will be honing their cavalry charging techniques with sabre and lance.
    • They want to dominate Europe by bureaucratic cleverness where they could not do so by muzzle-loading cannon, muskets and cavalry sabers.
    • The design of the sabre came from the cutting sword used by cavalries.
    • The saber flew forward and curved around slicing through trees and vines.
    • The blades were usually double-edged and up to 90 cm, or a little over, in length, but early single-edged sabres are also known.
    • No deputy stood a chance of leaving the chamber, and when one group tried, they were turned back by Hanriot and Guardsmen with drawn sabres.
    • Further support of this theory is demonstrated in the Battle of Balaclava where the sabers of the cavalry had little or no effect through heavy clothing.
    • Stoek went back into his cabin and came out with a dagger, a sabre and a sword.
    • Our new owners are coming in like the Cavalry with sabers drawn, ready to vanquish the enemy.
    • Every confederate soldier gave a loud battle cry and with their muskets, pistols, and sabers raised, they ran toward the Union army.
    • Elon shouted as he drew his cavalry saber and aimed his Colt revolver.
    1. 1.1historical A cavalry soldier and horse.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • On February 27th Sheridan, with two divisions of cavalry, ten thousand sabers, moved up the Valley to Staunton.
      • There remained French's Cavalry Division, with Hutton's Mounted Infantry, which could not have exceeded two thousand sabres and rifles.
      • This I did to the best of my ability, by continually sending squadrons of about a thousand sabres out against them.
  • 2A light fencing sword with a tapering, typically curved blade.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Modern fencing has evolved into three basic weapons: the foil, the épée and the sabre.
    • Milanese fencing master Giuseppe Radaelli, is generally credited with having developed the light sabre and its technique.
    • The immediate consequences to a duelist of wounds inflicted by thrusts or cuts from the rapier, dueling sabre or smallsword were unpredictable.
    • A laminated floor glinted slightly at the edges, caught light, and a figure moved, shadowed, on the stage, his sabre also catching light.
    • In fact, the modern sabre as used in the sport of fencing today has absolutely no curve at all.
    • With the exercise saber the touch with the point is hardly perceptible and would not weaken the instructor's cut.
verb ˈseɪbəˈseɪbər
[with object]archaic
  • Cut down or wound with a sabre.

    the people were fired on and sabred
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They sabered the officer who raised a white surrender flag, and bayoneted the wounded in a merciless slaughter.
    • The regiments of Fleur-d'Orange, Millefleur, and Eau-de-Cologne covered themselves with glory: they sabred many thousands of the enemy's troops.
    • The ex-soldier and radical politician William Cobbett observed that men would allow themselves to be ‘sabred into crow's meat’ in defence of a set of ragged colours which, were they for sale in a market, would fetch only a few pence.

Origin

Late 17th century: from French, alteration of obsolete sable, from German Sabel (local variant of Säbel), from Hungarian szablya.

  • We think of curved swords as typically oriental, and the sabre is no exception. It probably comes from some unknown oriental language and passed into English by a long route that took it from Hungarian szablya via German and French. The extinct sabre-toothed tiger was first described in 1849. See also rattle

 
 

Definition of saber in US English:

saber

(British sabre)
nounˈsābərˈseɪbər
  • 1A heavy cavalry sword with a curved blade and a single cutting edge.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Twelve of Poland's divisions were cavalry, armed with lance and sabre, and they were no match for tanks.
    • Our new owners are coming in like the Cavalry with sabers drawn, ready to vanquish the enemy.
    • The blades were usually double-edged and up to 90 cm, or a little over, in length, but early single-edged sabres are also known.
    • The sword was far too heavy, so Raven took a saber and imbued it with magical strength and abilities.
    • They want to dominate Europe by bureaucratic cleverness where they could not do so by muzzle-loading cannon, muskets and cavalry sabers.
    • Muskets and pikes and sabers lay strewn and forgotten like cut hay.
    • Police sabers, cavalry sabers, European-type dress swords and other non-traditional blades are outside the scope of this discussion.
    • They rode sturdy Mongolian ponies, wore distinctive fur caps, and carried sabers, pistols, and rifles.
    • In addition to shortages on armor plates there has also been a shortage on assault rifles, requiring the military to outfit one man per platoon with a cavalry saber.
    • Old muskets, pistols and sabers were spread everywhere Billy and White Eagle rode.
    • In February, the troop will be honing their cavalry charging techniques with sabre and lance.
    • Every confederate soldier gave a loud battle cry and with their muskets, pistols, and sabers raised, they ran toward the Union army.
    • The design of the sabre came from the cutting sword used by cavalries.
    • The saber flew forward and curved around slicing through trees and vines.
    • No deputy stood a chance of leaving the chamber, and when one group tried, they were turned back by Hanriot and Guardsmen with drawn sabres.
    • Stoek went back into his cabin and came out with a dagger, a sabre and a sword.
    • She charged at her, blade of the dark saber extended.
    • Then bend Dante's sword so that it is curved like a saber.
    • Further support of this theory is demonstrated in the Battle of Balaclava where the sabers of the cavalry had little or no effect through heavy clothing.
    • Elon shouted as he drew his cavalry saber and aimed his Colt revolver.
    1. 1.1 A light fencing sword with a tapering blade.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The immediate consequences to a duelist of wounds inflicted by thrusts or cuts from the rapier, dueling sabre or smallsword were unpredictable.
      • Milanese fencing master Giuseppe Radaelli, is generally credited with having developed the light sabre and its technique.
      • A laminated floor glinted slightly at the edges, caught light, and a figure moved, shadowed, on the stage, his sabre also catching light.
      • In fact, the modern sabre as used in the sport of fencing today has absolutely no curve at all.
      • With the exercise saber the touch with the point is hardly perceptible and would not weaken the instructor's cut.
      • Modern fencing has evolved into three basic weapons: the foil, the épée and the sabre.
    2. 1.2historical A cavalry soldier and horse.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • There remained French's Cavalry Division, with Hutton's Mounted Infantry, which could not have exceeded two thousand sabres and rifles.
      • This I did to the best of my ability, by continually sending squadrons of about a thousand sabres out against them.
      • On February 27th Sheridan, with two divisions of cavalry, ten thousand sabers, moved up the Valley to Staunton.
verbˈsābərˈseɪbər
[with object]archaic
  • Cut down or wound with a saber.

    the people were fired on and sabered
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The regiments of Fleur-d'Orange, Millefleur, and Eau-de-Cologne covered themselves with glory: they sabred many thousands of the enemy's troops.
    • They sabered the officer who raised a white surrender flag, and bayoneted the wounded in a merciless slaughter.
    • The ex-soldier and radical politician William Cobbett observed that men would allow themselves to be ‘sabred into crow's meat’ in defence of a set of ragged colours which, were they for sale in a market, would fetch only a few pence.

Origin

Late 17th century: from French, alteration of obsolete sable, from German Sabel (local variant of Säbel), from Hungarian szablya.

 
 
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