| 单词 | sabre |
| 释义 | sabre n. & v. (US saber) --n 1. a cavalry sword with a curved blade. 2. a cavalry soldier and horse. 3. a light fencing-sword with a tapering blade. --vtr. cut down or wound with a sabre. Phrases and idioms sabre-bill any S. American bird of the genus Campylorhamphus with a long curved bill. sabre-cut 1. a blow with a sabre. 2. a wound made or a scar left by this. sabre-rattling a display or threat of military force. sabre-toothed designating any of various extinct mammals having long sabre-shaped upper canines. sabre-wing a S. American humming-bird, Campylopterus falcatus, with curved wings. Etymology: F, earlier sable f. G Sabel, S{auml}bel, Schabel f. Pol. szabla or Magyar szablya |
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