daggers

英 [ˈdægəz]

美 [ˈdægərz]

n.  匕首; 短剑
dagger的复数

柯林斯词典

• 匕首;短剑
  Adaggeris a weapon like a knife with two sharp edges.
• PHRASE 剑拔弩张;势不两立
  If you say that two people areat daggers drawn, you mean they are having an argument and are still very angry with each other.
  1. She and her mother were at daggers drawn.
     她和她母亲之间的关系异常紧张。

双语例句

• They usually ascend by using the daggers they plunge in people's backsides as rappelling instruments.
  他们常常通过把匕首插入别人的背后作为拉人下水的工具来实现自己的往上爬。
• My god, those bite marks look like daggers.
  我的天哪，这些咬痕像是匕首刺的。
• On the battlefield they fight with sword and shield, as opposed to the daggers of their trade.
  在战场上他们以长剑和盾牌作战，而非平时刺杀中惯用的短刃。
• Jack and Peter have been at daggers drawn for a long time.
  杰克和彼得长期以来不共戴天。
• She looked daggers at Tom when he suggested that her cooking could be improved.
  当汤姆暗示说她还须改进烹调技术时，她狠狠地瞪了他一眼。
• But lying behind those deceptively simple questions are cleverly con cealed landmines and daggers in the dark.
  可是那些貌似傻乎乎的试题后面巧埋地雷，暗藏杀机。
• Discussion on the Performance Thought and Performance Disposal of the Accordion Solo House of Flying Daggers
  手风琴独奏曲《十面埋伏》演奏思路及演奏处理
• Paul Wolfowitz, the neoconservative defence expert who succeeded him, replaced them with vicious-looking ornamental daggers from Asia.
  他的继任者、新保守主义国防专家保罗沃尔福威茨（paulwolfowitz），用几把来自亚洲的、看上去颇为凌厉的装饰短剑取代了它们。
• The teeth of these fleet-footed predators are too small to use as daggers for large kill, but the cats have strong jaws that lock around the throat of prey until the victim stops breathing.
  这些敏捷的掠夺者们的牙齿在大型猎物面前就像匕首一样显得太小，但是猫科动物强壮的颚能够环锁住猎物的喉咙直至受害者停止呼吸。
• The teeth are coming down they look like white daggers wanting to kill me.
  牙齿正在向我们逼近，他们象白色的匕首想要杀死我。