Saber



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 军刀, 击剑用刀
• ［英］ n. 军刀, 击剑用刀 ( a heavy cavalry sword )

Webster Collegiate

I. noun or sabre

• Etymology: French sabre, modification of German dialect Sabel, from Middle High German, probably of Slavic origin; akin to Russian sablya saber
• Date: 1680
• 1. a cavalry sword with a curved blade, thick back, and guard
• 2.
  • a. a light fencing or dueling sword having an arched guard that covers the back of the hand and a tapering flexible blade with a full cutting edge along one side and a partial cutting edge on the back at the tip — compare epee, foil
  • b. the sport of fencing with the saber

II. transitive verb or sabre (sabered or sabred; sabering or sabring)

• Date: 1790
• to strike, cut, or kill with a saber

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