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
- After I left they did a hatchet job on the club's new member.
我离开后,他们对这位新会员进行恶毒的攻击。 - 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。 - It's a cherry treeand a hatchet.
上面是一颗樱桃树和斧头。 - He came at me with a hatchet.
他拿着把斧子来找我。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - I'd like to bury the hatchet with my sister.
我也想和我妹妹抛弃前嫌。 - 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。 - 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。
