A light, straight shaft with one sharpened end, balanced so that it flies point-first once it leaves the hand. Everything about the object is built for a single action: being thrown.
javelin 的畫面可以想成一根又細又直的長桿，一頭削尖。它比看起來輕。重心偏前，所以一離手就自己往前飛，尖端先到。整根桿子只為一件事而生：被丟出去。這個字的每一個用法，都可以想成從這段飛行長出來。
From the word’s history
The word comes through Old French javeline and javelot from a Gaulish word for a forked branch — a cut stick, which is not far from what a javelin still is.
這個字經古法文 javeline、javelot，可以追到高盧語 gabulum，意思是「分岔的樹枝」，也就是一根砍下來的枝條。今天手裡那根削尖的細桿，離這個起點其實不遠。
Wiktionary entry 'javelin' (kaikki snapshot 3f6f69a190036ae4), supplied in this packet
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