单词 | blade |
释义 | blade n.   1. a the flat part of a knife, chisel, etc., that forms the cutting edge. b = razor-blade.   2. the flattened functional part of an oar, spade, propeller, bat, skate, etc.   3. a the flat, narrow, usu. pointed leaf of grass and cereals. b the whole of such plants before the ear is formed (in the blade). c Bot. the broad thin part of a leaf apart from the petiole.   4. (in full blade-bone) a flat bone, e.g. in the shoulder.   5. Archaeol. a long narrow flake (see FLAKE(1) 3).   6. poet. a sword.   7. colloq. (usu. archaic) a carefree young fellow. Derivatives bladed adj. (also in comb.). Etymology: OE bl{aelig}d f. Gmc |
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