hatchet

英 [ˈhætʃɪt]

美 [ˈhætʃɪt]

n.  短柄小斧

复数：hatchets　

TOEFLGRETEM8机械

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.
  1. ...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
• （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
  Synonym:tomahawk

双语例句

• Now that our fight was over we were glad to bury the hatchet.
  既然我们的争吵已告结束，我们很高兴言归于好。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• All previous ill will has been removed.; We have agreed to bury the hatchet.
  前嫌尽释。
• 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。
• 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。
• When the tree is fallen, all go with their hatchet.
  当树被弄倒了，所有的人都拿斧头来。
• 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？
• 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？