1747, from harpoon (n.). Related: Harpooned; harpooning. Agent-noun form harpooner is from 1726; harpooneer from 1610s.
harpoon (n.)
1610s, from French harpon, from Old French harpon "cramp iron, clamp, clasp" (described as a mason's tool for fastening stones together), from harper "to grapple, grasp," which is of uncertain origin. It is possibly of Germanic origin; or the French word might be from Latin harpa "hook" (related to harpagonem "grappling hook"), from Greek harpe "sickle," from PIE root *serp- (1) "sickle, hook." Earlier word for it was harping-iron (mid-15c.). Sense and spelling perhaps influenced by Dutch (compare Middle Dutch harpoen) or Basque, the language of the first European whaling peoples, who often accompanied English sailors on their early expeditions. Also see -oon.
雙語例句
1. The harpoon drove deep into the body of the whale.
漁叉深深地紮進鯨魚體內.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. A relatively small part of the package are 10 Harpoon antiship missiles made by Boeing.
售台武器中一個相對較小的部分是10枚“魚叉”(Harpoon)反艦導彈,由波音公司生產.
來自互聯網
3. They tried to get the harpoon into the ray before the sting tail came lashing over to retaliate.
他們試圖把魚叉刺進鰩魚體內，以防它猛擺那蜇人的尾巴報複。
來自柯林斯例句
4. When I pushed on the harpoon shaft the second time.
那是在我第二次握著魚叉的柄紮進去的時候.
來自英漢文學 - 老人與海
5. The fisherman transfixed the shark with a harpoon.