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javelin

/jav-lin, jav-uh-/US // ˈdʒæv lɪn, ˈdʒæv ə- //UK // (ˈdʒævlɪn) //

标枪,标枪手,標槍,标准枪

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a light spear, usually thrown by hand.
    • : Track. a spearlike shaft about 8½ feet long and usually made of wood, used in throwing for distance.Also called javelin throw .a competitive field event in which the javelin is thrown for distance.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to strike or pierce with or as if with a javelin.

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Examples

  • He grabbed the javelin and threw it back — farther than it had been thrown in the first place.

  • Often in trouble at school, he was assigned to do maintenance at the baseball field one day when an errant javelin from track practice landed nearby.

  • Which means however far you threw that javelin, it wasn’t far enough to get you all past her ex.

  • Like his predecessors, his background was as a javelin thrower.

  • But Javelin Strategy estimates that in 2012, credit-card-fraud losses were approximately $10 billion.

  • Without the javelin in his hand he walked through the entire delivery for us in slow motion, describing it as he did so.

  • Jeremy Hunt has introduced a new sport to the Games, to go with the discus, shot put, javelin.

  • Murder boards work if they prepare you for all the javelin-like questions.

  • He tells me he has often seen him throw a javelin there, and strike a small mark at a surprising distance.

  • From the age of five to twenty-four years they are taught to use the bow, to throw the javelin, to ride, and to speak the truth.

  • Lightning gathered in a vast javelin and flamed down upon them.

  • A stone is slung and a javelin cast, though both fall short.

  • Ninyas hesitated; and once more his hand stole towards the javelin by the wall.