英语单词“shillelagh”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析

单词 shillelagh 释义 shillelaghnoun[C](alsoshillelah,shillalah)uk

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/???le?.l?//???le?.li/us

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/???le?.li/athick,heavy,woodenstick, often withlumps(=raisedareas)on thesurface,traditionallyused in Ireland as aweapon:Thistimehe had comearmedwith aclub, whatlookedlike anIrishshillelagh.Hedrewa shillelah from hisbelt, and gave me aviolentblowon myleftarm.

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• Theclanis astoughas a blackthorn shillelagh.
• During the Civil War,Irishworkerswerearmedwith shillelaghs - atypeofclub- andlongknives.
• Blackthornstemshavetraditionallybeen made intowalkingsticksorclubs(knownin Ireland as shillelaghs).

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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• bayonet
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• haft
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• jackknife
• rapier
• sabre
• scabbard
• scimitar
• shanghai
• shank
• sheath
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(Definition ofshillelaghfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus? Cambridge University Press)#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/shillelagh##