quintain

英 ['kwɪntɪn]

n. 枪靶；（中世纪供武士等练习刺靶用的）刺枪靶

英文词源

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].

双语例句

1. Then she went into the small home park where the quintain was erected.

随后,她又走进竖立起枪靶子的那片宅内的小花园.

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