poleaxe

poleaxe
(美 亦作 poleax)
noun
  1. another term for battleaxe (in sense 1)
    同 battleaxe（义项1）
    ■a short-handled axe with a spike at the back, formerly used in naval warfare for boarding, resisting boarders, and cutting ropes
    （旧时海战中用于强行登船，抵抗强行登船者，或砍断缆绳的）长柄战斧
    ■a butcher's axe with a hammer head at the back, used to slaughter animals
    屠斧
verb
  1. [with obj.]hit, kill, or knock down with or as if with a poleaxe
    用斧砍（或杀、敲）
    ■(常作 be poleaxed)cause great shock to (someone)
    使目瞪口呆
    I was poleaxed by this revelation.
    我被所揭示出来的事实惊得目瞪口呆。
语源
  1. Middle English: related to Middle Dutch pol(l)aex, Middle Low German pol(l)exe (see poll, axe). The change in the first syllable was due to association with pole; the first element poll- may have referred to a special head of the axe or to the head of an enemy
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