a thin, light sharp-pointed sword used for thrusting (击剑用的)轻剑 ■[as modifier](especially of speech or intelligence) quick and incisive (尤指言辞、智力)机敏的;深刻的 rapier wit. 机敏的智慧。
语源
early 16th cent.: from French rapière, from rape 'rasp, grater' (because the perforated hilt resembles a rasp or grater)