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dirk noun[ C ] uk /dɜːk/ us /dɝːk/ a type of dagger (= small pointed knife) used as a weapon in Scotland in the past(古时苏格兰人作为武器使用的)短刀,匕首 ildarss/iStock/Getty Images Plus/Getty Images /GettyImages SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Hand weapons basket hilt battleaxe bayonet blowgun blowpipe falchion flick knife goad haft halberd harpoon rapier rocket-propelled grenade RPG sabre scabbard scimitar trident two-edged unfond
But of the second party, most had pistols at the belt, and almost all had dirks hanging at the pouches which they wore in front. He then strapped on the man's dirk, and put his revolver in his pocket. I could ward off a blow with a dirk, and then run in upon my enemy. She slipped a dirk into him in as matter-of-course a way as another person would have harpooned a rat! The lord of the palace, also wearing his sword and dirk, takes his seat on one side. |