a battle-axe with a short handle and often a hook or spike opposite the blade
an axe used, esp formerly, in slaughtering cattle
[Middle English polax, pollax, from pol poll1 in the sense ‘striking end of a tool’ + ax axe1]
| 单词 | poleaxe |
| 释义 | poleaxe1(NAmer poleax) nouna battle-axe with a short handle and often a hook or spike opposite the blade an axe used, esp formerly, in slaughtering cattle [Middle English polax, pollax, from pol poll1 in the sense ‘striking end of a tool’ + ax axe1] poleaxe2(NAmer poleax) verb transto attack, strike, or fell (somebody) with a poleaxe informal to give (somebody) a great shock |
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