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falchion的意思

falchion
英式音标['fɔltʃən]
美式英标['fɔːl(t)ʃ(ə)n]

基本解释

n. 刀;剑;略具弯形的大刀

英文词源

falchion (n.)
"a broad sword, somewhat curved," c. 1300, fauchoun, from Old French fauchon "curved sword," from Vulgar Latin *falcionem, from diminutive of Latin falx "sickle" (see falcate). Partially re-Latinized in early Modern English.