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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Javelin \Jave"lin\, v. t.
To pierce with a javelin. [R.] --Tennyson.
Javelin \Jave"lin\, n. [F. javeline; akin to Sp. jabalina, It.
giavelina, and F. javelot, OF. gavlot. Cf. {Gavelock}.]
A sort of light spear, to be thrown or cast by thew hand;
anciently, a weapon of war used by horsemen and foot
soldiers; now used chiefly in hunting the wild boar and other
fierce game.
Flies the javelin swifter to its mark, Launched by the
vigor of a Roman arm? --Addison.
资料来源 : WordNet®
javelin
n 1: an athletic competition in which a javelin is thrown as far
as possible
2: a spear thrown as a weapon or in competitive field events