machete 復習
バングラデシュの大学教授が，何者かによって殺害されました。同様の手口で，カトリック教のブロガーや無神論者が殺害されており，警察はイスラム過激派が犯人ではないかと疑ってろいます。
記事の中で気になった単語は"machete"です。『Wisdom英和辞典第三版』（三省堂）には「（大型で刃の重い）なた｟中南米などで伐採･武器などに使う｠」という意味がありました。Oxford Dictionaries.comには"A broad, heavy knife used as an implement or weapon"と定義されております。スペイン語の"macho"に由来するようです（Oxford Dictionaries.com）。（Ume）
A university professor has been hacked to death in Bangladesh, in an attack police say is similar to killings of secular bloggers and atheists by suspected Islamist extremists.
AFM Rezaul Karim Siddique, 58, was a professor of English at Rajshahi University in the country's north-west.
He was attacked with machetes by unidentified assailants while on his way to the university from his home.
Last year, four prominent secular bloggers were killed with machetes.
However, Siddique's colleagues say that he had not written anything controversial and was not an atheist, unlike previous victims.
Police believe that he may have been targeted by suspected Islamist extremists because he was involved in cultural activities.
The BBC's Dhaka correspondent Akbar Hossain says hardline Islamist groups dislike anyone involved in the cultural field.
