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
- I'm going to bury the hatchet, in your head.
我要把斧头劈进你的脑袋里。 - I think you should bury the hatchet and invite them to spend Christmas with you as you used to.
我认为你们应该和解,像往常一样邀请他们来与你共度圣诞节。 - Unfortunately, his idea of bold journalism was a hatchet job, portraying the staff in a negative light.
很遗憾,他所谓的大胆新闻报道是一种恶意攻击,对工作人员进行了负面的报道。 - Little George cut down his father's favorite cherry tree while trying out his new hatchet.
小乔治在试他新斧头时砍倒了爸爸最心爱的樱桃树。 - When the company was taken over the new managing director did a hatchet job and fired half the staff.
那公司被接管后,新的总经理进行了恶毒攻击并开除了一半职员。 - Eg. it had been over a year since the incident and I thought it was time weburied the hatchet.
从事变以来我们已经有一年多关系僵硬了,我认为现在是和解的时候了。 - Would I feel better if I took a hatchet to her, just to end this nightmare?
如果我向她举起一把短柄斧,结束这场噩梦,我会感觉好一些吗? - I shall have to take a hatchet to that stump.
我得用一把短柄斧来劈这树桩。 - Is the hatchet buried between the English and my French father?
我们的法君和英国人和解了? - 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。