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

• I think you should bury the hatchet and invite them to spend Christmas with you as you used to.
  我认为你们应该和解，像往常一样邀请他们来与你共度圣诞节。
• 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。
• 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。
• Let's bury the hatchet and be friends.
  好了，让我们捐弃前嫌，成为朋友。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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？