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

• 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？
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• The press did a hatchet job on him.
  报界受雇对他进行了恶毒的攻击。
• 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。
• Is the hatchet buried between the English and my French father?
  我们的法君和英国人和解了？
• I'd like to bury the hatchet with my sister.
  我也想和我妹妹抛弃前嫌。
• 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。