assegai

assegai
[ˈasəgʌɪ]
(亦作 assagai)
(pl. assegais)
  1. a slender, iron-tipped, hardwood spear used chiefly by southern African peoples
    (主要为南非部落用的）木长矛
  2. (亦作 assegai wood)a South African tree of the dogwood family, which yields hard timber
    山茱萸树
  3. Curtisia dentata, family Cornaceae
    山茱萸科
(assegaied, assegaing)
  1. [with obj.](常作 be assegaied)wound or kill with an assegai
    用长矛伤害(或杀戮）
语源
  1. early 17th cent.: from obsolete French azagaie or Portuguese azagaia, from Arabic az-zagāyah, from az, al 'the' + Berber zagāyah 'spear'
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