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rapier

noun
🔊/ˈreɪpiə(r)/
🔊/ˈreɪpiər/
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  1. a long, thin, light sword with a sharp point轻巧细长的双刃剑
    • (figurative) rapier wit (= very quick and sharp)敏锐的才思
    Topics War and conflictc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryRapier is used before these nouns:
    • wit
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    Word Originearly 16th cent.: from French rapière, from râpe ‘rasp, grater’ (because the perforated hilt resembles a rasp or grater).