1590s (in pseudo-Spanish form macheto), from Spanish machete, probably a diminutive of macho "sledge hammer," alteration of mazo "club," which is probably [Barnhart] a dialectal variant of maza "mallet," from Vulgar Latin *mattea "war club" (see mace (n.1)). An alternative explanation traces macho to Latin marculus "a small hammer," diminutive of marcus "hammer," from a base parallel to that of Latin malleus (see mallet).
雙語例句
1. He slashed at the vines with a machete.
他用大刀亂砍藤蔓.
來自辭典例句
2. He made a stroke with the machete and the impact snapped it out of his hand.
他一刀砍下去,砰的一聲,把刀子都震飛了.
來自辭典例句
3. She was badly wounded by a machete and left for dead.