单词 | spear-thrower |
释义 | > as lemmasspear-thrower spear-thrower n. an implement used to aid the throwing of a spear. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > spear or lance > [noun] > specific for throwing > hurled with throwing-stick > spear-throwing stick throwing-stick1770 woomera1817 spear-thrower1827 throwing board1832 woomerang1849 throw-stick1869 atlatl1871 1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales II. xx. 48 By means of their perpetual wars and the practices of spear-throwing, child-murder, and concubinage. 1871 E. B. Tylor Primitive Culture I. 60 The highest people known to have used the spear-thrower proper are the Aztecs. < as lemmas |
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