| 单词 | tomahawk knife |
| 释义 | > as lemmastomahawk knife a. General attributive and appositive, as tomahawk blade, tomahawk cut, tomahawk knife, tomahawk shaft, etc. ΚΠ 1789 ‘Oneirophilos’ Gynomachia 19 The tomahawk knives, Robb'd mothers and innocent babes of their lives. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits v. 92 They have no Indian taste for a tomahawk-dance. 1873 R. Brown Races Mankind I. 235 Until the tomahawk-blow puts an end to him. 1902 G. S. Whitmore Last Maori War iv. 51 One of our men was..terribly wounded by tomahawk cuts, so as to present the appearance of a crimped fish. 1984 Midcontinental Jrnl. Archaeol. 9 55 If these items are interpreted as tomahawk blades, their occurrence as burial offerings should encourage the evaluation of the individuals they are associated with as warriors of superior rank. 2006 S. M. Stirling Sky People x. 220 The blade of the machete struck the fire-hardened wood of the tomahawk shaft. 2016 West Australian (Perth) (Nexis) 27 Aug. 20 We have a box of old hammer and tomahawk heads that need new handles. < as lemmas |
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