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单词 bayonets
释义

bayonet

1 of 2

noun

bay·​o·​net ˈbā-ə-nət How to pronounce bayonet (audio)
-ˌnet,
ˌbā-ə-ˈnet How to pronounce bayonet (audio)
: a steel blade attached at the muzzle end of a shoulder arm (such as a rifle) and used in hand-to-hand combat

bayonet

2 of 2

verb

bayoneted also bayonetted; bayoneting also bayonetting

transitive verb

1
: to stab with a bayonet
2
: to compel or drive by or as if by the bayonet

intransitive verb

: to use a bayonet

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
No dictator wants to end their rule with a bayonet up the backside. Sam Kiley, CNN, 30 June 2022 When asked about Monte Carlo getting a glaive bayonet melee animation, Mercules winks. Paul Tassi, Forbes, 14 Aug. 2022 Gloria Richardson, a local movement leader, was talking to men on the street when she was interrupted by a National Guardsman and his bayonet. Immy Humes, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Aug. 2022 Clare fixed his bayonet to his rifle and began marching down the exposed hillside with the other men in his platoon. Lindsey Fitzharris, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 July 2022 Randolph employs a unique bayonet temple that eliminates the traditional hooked earpiece. Wes Siler, Outside Online, 11 Aug. 2020 Old Falls Revolutionary War Days is a two-day event with mock battles,18th-century civilian fashion shows, tomahawk and bayonet competitions and a parade each day. Cathy Kozlowicz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 May 2022 For me, that strife is sort of embodied by the bayonet that Owen’s grandfather purchases early on. Keith Runyon, The Courier-Journal, 24 Mar. 2022 An Off Duty article Saturday about espresso makers included a quote that inaccurately compared the use of the Flair Pro 2 to the firing and cleaning of a bayonet. WSJ, 2 Mar. 2022
Verb
There were injuries this time, with some students bayoneted for not retreating. Paula Schleis, cincinnati.com, 2 May 2020 And anyway, always better to be bitten by a stingray than bayoneted. Erik Heinrich, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2018 An Army inquiry ultimately determined that 347 civilians were killed that day — shot, bayoneted or blasted with grenades. Richard Goldstein, New York Times, 13 May 2018 An Army inquiry ultimately determined that 347 civilians were killed that day — shot, bayoneted, or blasted with grenades. Richard Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2018 One elderly man was bayoneted to death; another man was thrown alive into a well and killed with a hand grenade. Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2018 One elderly man was bayoneted to death; another man was thrown alive into a well and killed with a hand grenade. Fox News, 15 Mar. 2018 There are many battles in which surrendering soldiers are gunned down or bayoneted to death. Dom Giordano, Philly.com, 27 Sep. 2017 One of them, Scott Pruitt, the attorney general of Oklahoma, who used his office to bayonet Mr. Obama’s clean-energy regulations, was just chosen by Mr. Trump to become the new head of the Environmental Protection Agency. Vivian Yee, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2016 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

French baïonnette, from Bayonne, France

First Known Use

Noun

1680, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1778, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Kids Definition

bayonet 1 of 2

noun

bay·​o·​net ˈbā-ə-nət How to pronounce bayonet (audio)
ˌbā-ə-ˈnet
: a weapon like a dagger made to fit on the end of a rifle

bayonet

2 of 2

verb

bayonetted; bayonetting
: to stab with a bayonet

bayonets 1 of 2

noun

plural of bayonet
as in daggers
a long blade that is attached to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon in battle

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • daggers
  • cutlasses
  • machetes
  • knives
  • poniards
  • switchblades
  • bolos
  • bodkins
  • pocketknives
  • cutters
  • dirks
  • stilettos
  • swords
  • stylets
  • stilettoes
  • sabers
  • sheath knives
  • bowie knives
  • sabres
  • rapiers
  • shivs
  • yataghans
  • switch knives
  • jackknives
  • shanks
  • bowie knifes
  • cleavers
  • steels
  • scalpels
  • hacks

bayonets

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of bayonet
as in pikes

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • pikes
  • quills
  • poniards
  • dirks
  • prongs
  • gimlets
  • perforates
  • pinpricks
  • thrusts
  • spindles
  • spears
  • lances
  • pricks
  • riddles
  • punches
  • knifes
  • spikes
  • pokes
  • sticks
  • harpoons
  • slices
  • skewers
  • jabs
  • stabs
  • gores
  • punctures
  • spits
  • pinks
  • pecks
  • pierces
  • runs through
  • cuts
  • impales
  • transfixes
  • picks
  • transpierces
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