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martial

\MAHR-shuhl\, adjective
suitable or used for war; warlike
1. 战争的;军事的;军队的
The sound of martial music is always inspiring.
军乐声总是令人振奋的。
martial songs
战歌
2. 好战的;尚武的
martial spirit
尚武精神

But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him.
~Charles Wolfe, The Burial of Sir John Moore

by 1420, from Latin martialis "of Mars or war," from Mars, Roman god of war



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