3325英語網 單詞
quintain的意思
quintain
英 ['kw?nt?n]
- n. 槍靶；（中世紀供武士等練習刺靶用的）刺槍靶
英文詞源
- quintain (n.)
- "target for tilting and jousting practice," c. 1400 (in Anglo-Latin from mid-13c.), from Old French quintaine or directly from Medieval Latin quintana; perhaps from Latin quintana "of the fifth" (see quinque-), which as a noun meant "the business part of a camp," on the supposition that this was where military exercises were done [OED].
雙語例句
- 1. Then she went into the small home park where the quintain was erected.
- 隨后,她又走進豎立起槍靶子的那片宅內的小花園.
來自辭典例句