a weapon consisting of a long stick with a sharp metal point on the end, used mainly in southern Africa （多为南非部落所用的）长矛，标枪 a South African tree that produces hard wood （南非的）山茱萸树
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from obsolete French azagaie or Portuguese azagaia, from Arabic az-zaġāyah, from az, al ‘the’ + Berber zaġāyah ‘spear’.