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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• All previous ill will has been removed.; We have agreed to bury the hatchet.
  前嫌尽释。
• 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？
• I suggest you find a way to bury the hatchet with Michael Scofield's woman.
  我想你必定能找到个方式，跟迈克思科菲尔德的女人化干戈为玉帛的。
• 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。
• 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。
• The press did a very effective hatchet job on her last movie.
  报界对她上一部电影进行了恶意攻击，造成了很大影响。
• Let's bury the hatchet and be friends.
  好了，让我们捐弃前嫌，成为朋友。