| 单词 | hatchet |
| 释义 | hatchet From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishToolshatchethatch‧et /ˈhætʃɪt/ noun [countable] TZa small axe with a short handle → bury the hatchetExamples from the Corpushatchet• He devotes several paragraphs to a hatchet job.• His smooth face was slashed open by his predatory mouth, as if an invisible hatchet were biting into fruit.• Were they heroes, or leftwing hatchet men?• At each intersection, Converse had cringed in anticipation of the bullet, the blade, the hatchet.• Holly McPeak and Nancy Reno hope to bury the hatchet long enough to bring home the gold.• Frankly, as a sports journalist, I find the hatchet jobs being done on Graham Taylor embarrassing.• It has often been noted that while barbarians fight with hatchets, civilised men fight with gossip.Origin hatchet (1300-1400) French hachette, from hache “ax” |
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