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singlestick

/sing-guhl-stik/US // ˈsɪŋ gəlˌstɪk //UK // (ˈsɪŋɡəlˌstɪk) //

单刀直入,单刀,单片机,单一的

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a short, heavy stick.
    • : a wooden stick held in one hand, used instead of a sword in fencing.fencing with such a stick.

Examples

  • When this was finished he very often played a bout of singlestick, or underwent some other severe muscular exertion.

  • I am fairly good at fence, and excellent as any at singlestick.

  • It was, to use the term of the old-fashioned singlestick players, “first blood,” and the sight thereof had a disastrous effect.

  • Thou art a deft hand at quarterstaff and singlestick, though, and I doubt not that thy hands can guard thy head.

  • George Fairburn had ever been an adept at all school games, and had spent many a leisure hour at singlestick.