machete

来自西班牙语macho,锤子，铁锤，-ete,小词后缀，来自来自拉丁语mateola,锤子，铁锤，词源同mace.字面意思即小铁锤，但后用于指砍刀，弯刀。参照电影《弯刀》。

machete (n.)

1590s (in pseudo-Spanish form macheto), from Spanish machete, probably a diminutive of macho "sledge hammer," alteration of mazo "club," which is probably [Barnhart] a dialectal variant of maza "mallet," from Vulgar Latin *mattea "war club" (see mace (n.1)). An alternative explanation traces macho to Latin marculus "a small hammer," diminutive of marcus "hammer," from a base parallel to that of Latin malleus (see mallet).

1. He slashed at the vines with a machete.

他用大刀乱砍藤蔓.

2. He made a stroke with the machete and the impact snapped it out of his hand.

他一刀砍下去,砰的一声,把刀子都震飞了.

3. She was badly wounded by a machete and left for dead.

她被一把弯刀砍得严重受伤,凶手以为她死了就没管她.

4. He strutted ahead lashing his machete about.

他大踏步前进,甩动着弯刀.

5. The machete is the weapon of choice.

使用的凶器是弯刀.