n. 大砍刀

[化] 马歇特; 丁草胺

[ noun ]
a large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation
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Machete \Ma*che"te\ (m[.a]*sh[e^]t"[-e]; Sp.
m[.a]*ch[=a]"t[asl]), n. [Sp.]
A large heavy knife resembling a broadsword, often two or
three feet in length, -- used by the inhabitants of Spanish
America as a hatchet to cut their way through thickets, and
for various other purposes. --J. Stevens.

Syn: matchet.

matchet \matchet\ n.
a large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a
weapon or for cutting vegetation; usually called {machete}.

Syn: machete, panga.
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