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    cutlass

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Weapons
    cut·lass /ˈkʌtləs/ noun [countable]  PMWa short sword with a curved blade, used by sailors or pirates in the past 〔旧时水手或海盗使用的〕短剑，短弯刀
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    cutlass• Pangas were the big cutlasses they used for agriculture-and the violent settling of a quarrel.• Some held bloody cutlasses drooping in their hands.• A swarthy fellow with ringlets was taking a slash at her with a heavy cutlass.    Origin cutlass (1500-1600) French coutelas, from Old French coutel “knife”, from Latin cultellus
    cut·lass nounChineseSyllable
    with a curved sword used Corpus short blade, a


    cutlass
    cut‧lass /ˈkʌtləs/ noun [countable]
     Date: 1500-1600
     Language: French
     Origin: coutelas, from Old French coutel 'knife', from Latin cultellus
    a short sword with a curved blade, used by sailors or pirates in the past


    cut·lassBrE /ˈkʌtləs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkʌtləs/ 🔊 nouna short sword with a curved blade that was used as a weapon by sailors and pirates in the past （旧时水手和海盗用的）短剑，短弯刀