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battleaxe

/bat-l-aks/US // ˈbæt lˌæks //

战斧,斧头,斧钺,钺

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a broadax formerly used as a weapon of war.
    • : Slang. a domineering, aggressive, sharp-tempered person, especially a woman.

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Examples

  • The U.S. military just unveiled a new effort to get Iraqis ready to battle ISIS.

  • First, as opposition to gay marriage collapses, American anti-LGBT activists will slow their battle against it.

  • It is the steady accretion of detail that may yet be the most damaging factor in the battle for British hearts and minds.

  • The audio message featured the words, “the real battle in Lebanon is yet to begin.”

  • The Daily Beast spoke to a jubilant League on Tuesday about the behind-the-scenes battle to get The Interview to movie theaters.

  • A Yankee, whose face had been mauled in a pot-house brawl, assured General Jackson that he had received his scars in battle.

  • After the battle of the Pyramids he fell sick, and before the Syrian expedition, applied to return to France.

  • He was a distinguished warrior under Francis I, mortally wounded at the battle of Marignan.

  • It was under his auspices that the battle of Lepanto was fought, in which the Turks were so signally defeated.

  • Again, she was present at the battle of Silan, where her heroic example of courage infused new life into her brother rebels.