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tomahawk

/tom-uh-hawk/US // ˈtɒm əˌhɔk //UK // (ˈtɒməˌhɔːk) //

战斧,战斧式,战斧式的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a light ax used by the North American Indians as a weapon and tool.
    • : any of various similar weapons or implements.
    • : a stone hatchet used by Aboriginal peoples.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to attack, wound, or kill with or as if with a tomahawk.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Australia will also acquire additional long-range strike capabilities for its defense force, including the tomahawk cruise missile for its destroyers, longer range air-to-surface missiles and long-range anti-ship missiles for fighter jets.

  • One of my favorites involves a Native warrior practicing with his tomahawk.

  • Jimbo sat behind me, and patted me on the back with his heavy tomahawk of a paw.

  • That was right after an initial wave of U.S. Navy Tomahawk cruise missiles hit their targets around Aleppo and Raqqah.

  • The USS Arleigh Burke, a destroyer, and USS Philippine Sea, a cruiser, launched a total of 47 Tomahawk missiles.

  • You see people in war paint or doing the tomahawk chop and saying, “Scalp him.”

  • Each Tomahawk carries a single 1,000-pound bomb or 166 smaller cluster bombs.

  • When the seringuero starts out he equips himself with a tomahawk-like axe having a handle about thirty inches long.

  • I told Ward to tomahawk me if he wished, but that I must rest before moving another step.

  • Trowel and spade and tomahawk went furiously to work, and soon cleared away the gravel from a surface of three or four feet.

  • Then another warrior rushed into the circle and drove his tomahawk into a painted post near the fire.

  • This occurred at noon, and, after snatching a hasty meal, he put a tomahawk into Jem's hands and darted into the bush.