| 单词 | javelin |
| 释义 | javelin /jav"lin, jav"euh-/, n. 1. a light spear, usually thrown by hand. 2. Track. a. a spearlike shaft about 81/2 ft. (2.7 m) long and usually made of wood, used in throwing for distance. b. Also called javelin throw. a competitive field event in which the javelin is thrown for distance. v.t. 3. to strike or pierce with or as if with a javelin. [1505-15; < MF javeline, by suffix alter. from javelot, AF gavelot, gaveloc, prob. < OE gafeluc, *gafeloc << British Celtic *gablakos presumably, a spear with a forklike head; cf. MIr gablach forked branch, javelin, MWelsh gaflach (appar. < OIr), deriv. of OIr gabul fork, forked branch, c. Old Breton gabl, Welsh gafl] |
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