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单词 katana
释义

katanan.

/kəˈtɑːnə/
Forms: Also 1600s cattan.
Etymology: Japanese.
A long single-edged sword of the Japanese samurai.
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1613 J. Saris Jrnl. 11 June in Voy. Japan (1900) 79 Either of them had two Cattans or swords of that Countrey by his side.
1615 R. Cocks Diary 17 June (1883) I. 10 I delivered Mr. Richard Wickham the rich cattan he left in my custody at his departure towardes Siam.
1874 Trans. Asiatic Soc. Japan 57 The word ‘sword’ is invariably rendered by the Japanese word ‘ken’, which signifies a long, straight, double-edged sword, as opposed to the ‘katana’, of modern times, which has but a single edge, and is slightly curved towards the point.
1890 B. H. Chamberlain Things Japanese 328 The Japanese sword of ancient days (the tsurugi) was a straight double-edged heavy weapon some three feet long... That of medieval and modern times (the katana) is lighter, shorter, has but a single edge, and is slightly curved towards the point.
1906 Macmillan's Mag. Apr. 457 An escort of sturdy little Japanese armed with service rifles and the keen-bladed katana.
1959 R. Kirkbride Tamiko xvii. 138 He'd cut both our heads off with honourable katana.
1963 Art of Armourer: Exhib. Armour, Swords & Firearms (V. & A. Mus.) 97 Blade of the long sword (katana) signed.., and dated in the 6th year of the period Yeishō (1509).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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