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

• I'd like to bury the hatchet with my sister.
  我也想和我妹妹抛弃前嫌。
• The next time you are angry with someone, why not just bury the hatchet?
  下一次，当您对某人感到愤怒时，为什麽不试著埋葬短柄小斧呢？
• The press did a hatchet job on him.
  报界受雇对他进行了恶毒的攻击。
• 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。
• 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。
• All previous ill will has been removed.; We have agreed to bury the hatchet.
  前嫌尽释。
• Can't you two bury the hatchet and get back to a normal working relationship!
  难道你们俩不能言归于好，恢复正常的工作关系吗？
• 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。
• I'm going to bury the hatchet, in your head.
  我要把斧头劈进你的脑袋里。