onager
英 ['ɒnəgə]
美['ɑnədʒɚ]
- n. 弩炮（投石器之一种）；中亚野驴
英英释义
- 1. medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles
- 2. Asiatic wild ass
英文词源
- onager
- onager: see ass
- onager (n.)
- Asiatic wild ass, mid-14c., from Latin onager, from Greek onagros, from onos "ass" (related to Latin asinus, but the ultimate source is unknown) + agrios "wild," literally "living in the fields," from agros "field" (see acre).
词态变化
复数: onagers;