Word · Frequency #25206
dirks
短剑；匕首
dirks is the plural of dirk.
核心释义
a relatively long dagger with a straight blade
- 1.
一种苏格兰长匕首,配有直刃。
A long Scottish dagger with a straight blade.
- 2.
某些国家军队中海军或空军军官佩戴的礼仪匕首；昔日水手用作登船作战的格斗匕首。
A ceremonial dagger worn by naval or air force officers in some nations' militaries; formerly, a fighting dagger used by sailors as a boarding weapon.
一种苏格兰长匕首,配有直刃。；某些国家军队中海军或空军军官佩戴的礼仪匕首；昔日水手用作登船作战的格斗匕首。；短剑；匕首
用法In use
The museum display included an old dirk with a carved wooden handle.
用法提示：此处 dirk 为名词（单数），作宾语，意为“匕首/短剑”。
A soldier from the sixteenth century might carry a dirk at his belt.
用法提示：此处 dirk 为名词（单数），作 carry 的宾语，表示“短剑”。
The dirk on the table had a straight, pointed blade.
用法提示：此处 dirk 为名词（单数），作主语，指“匕首”。
a dirk
名词用法：dirk 是可数名词，指一种长刃匕首。
He carried a dirk in his belt.
他腰带上插着一把短剑。
dirk sb
动词用法：dirk 是及物动词，意为用短剑刺。
The assassin dirked the guard in the shadows.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- Highland dirk
- 高地短剑
- He wore a Highland dirk at his belt during the ceremony.典礼上，他在腰间佩带了一把高地短剑。
- draw a dirk
- 拔出短剑
- The officer drew his dirk and ordered the men to stand back.那名军官拔出短剑，命令士兵们后退。
- carry a dirk
- 佩带短剑
- The guard was allowed to carry a dirk but not a sword.这名卫兵获准佩带短剑，但不能佩带长剑。
- stab with a dirk
- 用短剑刺
- The attacker tried to stab him with a dirk.袭击者试图用短剑刺他。
- dirk blade
- 短剑剑身
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
记忆：dirk 以 d 开头，像直刃匕首的刀尖；词中 'irk' 意为恼火——被匕首刺中当然恼火。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：historical、literary dirk 作名词指一种较长的直刃短剑，多用于历史题材或文学描写，属于较正式的书面词，日常口语中很少出现。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
All six words rhyme with dirk, sharing the same vowel sound /əː/: work, perk, lurk, shirk, smirk, irk. Watch out for lookalikes with different vowels: dork /dɔːk/ and dark /dɑːk/ sound different.
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