Poniard



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 匕首, 短剑
• ［英］ adj. 匕首, 短剑 ( a dagger with a slender blade)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle French poignard, from poing fist, from Old French puing, from Latin pugnus fist — more at pungent
• Date: 1588
• a dagger with a usually slender blade of triangular or square cross section

II. transitive verb

• Date: 1601
• to pierce or kill with a poniard

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