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单词 machete
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
ma•chet•e /məˈʃɛti, -ˈtʃɛti/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -chet•es. 
  1. a heavy swordlike knife used as a cutting tool in farming:to hack through the grasses with a machete.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
ma•chet•e  (mə shetē, -chetē),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a large heavy knife used esp. in Latin-American countries in cutting sugarcane and clearing underbrush and as a weapon.
  2. Fisha tarpon, Elops affinis, of the eastern Pacific Ocean, having an elongated, compressed body.
  • Spanish, equivalent. to mach(o) mallet (compare mace1) + -ete noun, nominal suffix
  • 1825–35

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
machete /məˈʃɛtɪ -ˈtʃeɪ-/, matchet n
  1. a broad heavy knife used for cutting or as a weapon, esp in parts of Central and South America
Etymology: 16th Century macheto, from Spanish machete, from macho club, perhaps from Vulgar Latin mattea (unattested) club
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