bayonet

noun
🔊/ˈbeɪənət/
🔊/ˈbeɪənət/
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  1. a long, sharp knife that is fastened onto the end of a rifle and used as a weapon in battle枪刺;刺刀
    • troops with fixed bayonets装备固定刺刀的部队
    Topics War and conflictc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • fixed
    verb + bayonet
    • fix
    • thrust
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    Word Originlate 17th cent. (denoting a kind of short dagger): from French baïonnette, from Bayonne, the name of a town in SW France, where they were first made.

bayonet

verb
🔊/ˈbeɪənət/, 🔊/ˌbeɪəˈnet/
🔊/ˈbeɪənət/, 🔊/ˌbeɪəˈnet/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they bayonet
🔊/ˈbeɪənət/, 🔊/ˌbeɪəˈnet/
🔊/ˈbeɪənət/, 🔊/ˌbeɪəˈnet/
he / she / it bayonets
🔊/ˈbeɪənəts/, 🔊/ˌbeɪəˈnets/
🔊/ˈbeɪənəts/, 🔊/ˌbeɪəˈnets/
past simple bayoneted
🔊/ˈbeɪənətɪd/, 🔊/ˌbeɪəˈnetɪd/
🔊/ˈbeɪənətɪd/, 🔊/ˌbeɪəˈnetɪd/
past participle bayoneted
🔊/ˈbeɪənətɪd/, 🔊/ˌbeɪəˈnetɪd/
🔊/ˈbeɪənətɪd/, 🔊/ˌbeɪəˈnetɪd/
-ing form bayoneting
🔊/ˈbeɪənətɪŋ/, 🔊/ˌbeɪəˈnetɪŋ/
🔊/ˈbeɪənətɪŋ/, 🔊/ˌbeɪəˈnetɪŋ/
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  1. bayonet somebody to push a bayonet into somebody in order to kill them用刺刀刺
    • Innocent civilians had been shot and bayoneted.无辜平民被枪杀并被刺伤。
    Word Originlate 17th cent. (denoting a kind of short dagger): from French baïonnette, from Bayonne, the name of a town in SW France, where they were first made.