1590s (in pseudo-Spanish form macheto), from Spanish machete, probably a diminutive of macho "sledge hammer," alteration of mazo "club," which is probably [Barnhart] a dialectal variant of maza "mallet," from Vulgar Latin *mattea "war club" (see mace (n.1)). An alternative explanation traces macho to Latin marculus "a small hammer," diminutive of marcus "hammer," from a base parallel to that of Latin malleus (see mallet).
例文
1. He slashed at the vines with a machete .
彼は大刀でつるを乱切りにした.
2.He made a stroke with the machete and the impact snapped itout of his hand.
彼は刀を切り落として、ポンと音を立てて、刀を吹き飛ばした。
3.She was badly wounded by a machete and left for dead.