hatchet

英 [ˈhætʃɪt]

美 [ˈhætʃɪt]

n.  短柄小斧

复数：hatchets　

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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

• 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。
• 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。
• It's a cherry treeand a hatchet.
  上面是一颗樱桃树和斧头。
• 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。
• 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。
• Is the hatchet buried between the English and my French father?
  我们的法君和英国人和解了？
• I'm going to bury the hatchet, in your head.
  我要把斧头劈进你的脑袋里。
• All previous ill will has been removed.; We have agreed to bury the hatchet.
  前嫌尽释。
• 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。
• 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。