bayonet: [17] Bayonet comes from French bayonette, an early spelling of what is now baïonette. The French term is traditionally derived from Bayonne, the name of a town and port on the southwest coast of France, near Biarritz, where bayonets were supposedly first used by Basques of the area, in the 17th century. But this etymology is not universally accepted, and some have noted the resemblance to Old French bayon ‘crossbow bolt’.
bayonet (n.)
1610s, originally a type of dagger; as a steel stabbing weapon fitted to the muzzle of a firearm, from 1670s, from French baionnette (16c.), said to be from Bayonne, city in Gascony where supposedly they first were made; or perhaps it is a diminutive of Old French bayon "crossbow bolt." The city name is from Late Latin baia "bay" + Basque on "good." As a verb from c. 1700.
实用例句
1. He fixed a bayonet to the end of his rifle.
他在步枪口上安好了刺刀。
来自柯林斯例句
2. A soldier plunged a bayonet into his body.
一名士兵将刺刀**了他的身体。
来自柯林斯例句
3. A bayonet blade is forged from the finest steel.
刺刀刃是用最优质的钢锻造的.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
4. She was stabbed with a bayonet by the enemy.
她被敌人用刺刀刺伤.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
5. We taught soldiers to bayonet and to survive hand - to - hand combat.
