hatchet
英 [ˈhætʃɪt]
美 [ˈhætʃɪt]
n. 短柄小斧
复数:hatchets
Collins.1 / BNC.20722 / COCA.17797
习惯用语
n.
- bury the hatchetbury your differences
- 消除隔阂(重归于好)
to stop being unfriendly and become friends again
牛津词典
noun
- 短柄小斧
a small axe (= a tool with a heavy blade for chopping things) with a short handle
柯林斯词典
- 短柄小斧
Ahatchetis a small axe that you can hold in one hand. - ADJ (脸)瘦削而棱角分明的
Someone with ahatchetface has a long, narrow face with sharp features.- ...an old naval sergeant, with a hatchet face and drooping moustaches.
面庞瘦削、留着两撇八字须的老海军中士
- ...an old naval sergeant, with a hatchet face and drooping moustaches.
- (争吵后)和解,言归于好,化干戈为玉帛
If two peoplebury the hatchet, they become friendly again after a quarrel or disagreement.
英英释义
noun
- a small ax with a short handle used with one hand (usually to chop wood)
- weapon consisting of a fighting ax
双语例句
- So he went home, took a hatchet, and killed his old grandmother with one blow.
于是他马上跑回家去,拿起一把斧头,把自己的老祖母砍死了。 - The press did a hatchet job on him.
报界受雇对他进行了恶毒的攻击。 - He always had a hatchet man do the dirty work for him.
他总是找一名打手为他干这样的卑鄙勾当。 - But there was no hatchet and then there was no knife.
可是船上没有斧头,也没有这么大的刀。 - That's true, but we worked out the problem and decided to bury the hatchet.
是真的,但是我们已经解决了问题,并决定和解。 - They reckoned he was a hatchet man, out to shred the workforce and crush the union.
他们估计他是上司派来的刽子手,专门对工人大开杀戒,大肆镇压工会。 - Can't you two bury the hatchet and get back to a normal working relationship!
难道你们俩不能言归于好,恢复正常的工作关系吗? - I'd like to bury the hatchet with my sister.
我也想和我妹妹抛弃前嫌。 - Have you seen your dad? Hatchet sent one of his men round.
你有没有看到你老爸?短柄斧派他的人来过。 - What do you say we bury the hatchet and be friends again?
你是说我们言归于好,重新成为朋友?
