单词 | machete |
释义 | machete /meuh shet"ee, -chet"ee/, n. 1. a large heavy knife used esp. in Latin-American countries in cutting sugarcane and clearing underbrush and as a weapon. 2. a tarpon, Elops affinis, of the eastern Pacific Ocean, having an elongated, compressed body. [1825-35; < Sp, equiv. to mach(o) mallet (cf. MACE1) + -ete n. suffix] |
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