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单词 poleax
释义 pole·ax
I. noun
or pole·axe or pol·lax or pol·laxe \ˈpōˌlaks\
Etymology: Middle English polax, pollax, from pol, polle head + ax — more at poll
1.
 a. : a battle-ax with a short handle and often a cutting edge or point opposite the blade
 b. : one having a long handle and used as an ornamental weapon (as by members of a royal bodyguard)
2. : a short ax with a strong hook at the top of the handle formerly used in naval warfare especially by boarders
3. : an ax made with a hammer face opposite the edge and used in slaughtering cattle
II. transitive verb
or poleaxe or pollax or pollaxe \“\
: to attack, strike, or fell with or as if with a poleax
 < the oxen … were shot or poleaxed — H.W.Nevinson >
 < the crowds … had already been poleaxed, mentally and emotionally — Benedict Thielen >
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