单词 | knife |
释义 | knife (once / 137 pages) nv A knife is a sharp tool that's used for slicing or cutting. We suggest using a knife as a kitchen tool instead of as a weapon. A bread knife has a long, serrated edge, and the blade of a pocket knife folds into its handle so you can safely carry it in your pocket. Surgeons use very small knives to make delicate cuts during operations, and various kinds of knives are sometimes used as weapons. To knife, in fact, is to stab or cut with a knife, almost always in a violent way. WORD FAMILYknife: knifed, knifelike, knifes, knifing, knives USAGE EXAMPLES“My thoughts,” said the poet and priest George Herbert, “are all a case of knives / Wounding my heart.” Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Her “aha moment” as a craftsman didn’t happen until a chance meeting eight years ago with an engraver of rifles and knives. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) Police say he was carrying a knife but didn’t use it. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1n edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle Hypo|Hyper barong a knife resembling a cleaver; used in the Philippines bolo, bolo knifelong heavy knife with a single edge; of Philippine origin Bowie knifea stout hunting knife with a single edge bread knifea knife used to cut bread butcher knifea large sharp knife for cutting or trimming meat carving knifea large knife used to carve cooked meat case knife, sheath knifea knife with a fixed blade that is carried in a sheath chopper, cleaver, meat cleavera butcher's knife having a large square blade drawknife, drawshavea woodworker's knife to shave surfaces hunting knifea large sharp knife with a handle shaped to fit the grip letter opener, paper knife, paperknifedull knife used to cut open the envelopes in which letters are mailed or to slit uncut pages of books linoleum cutter, linoleum knifea knife having a short stiff blade with a curved point used for cutting linoleum paranga stout straight knife used in Malaysia and Indonesia parer, paring knifea small sharp knife used in paring fruits or vegetables pocket knife, pocketknifea knife with a blade that folds into the handle; suitable for carrying in the pocket pruning knifea knife with a curved or hooked blade slicerknife especially designed for slicing particular foods, as cheese surgical knifea very sharp knife used in surgery table knifea knife used for eating at dining table butter knifea small knife with a dull blade; for cutting or spreading butter case knifea metal blade with a handle; used as cutlery catlinga long double-edged knife used for amputations clasp knife, jackknifea large knife with one or more folding blades fish knifea small table knife with a spatula blade used for eating fish lance, lanceta surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions penknifea small pocketknife; originally used to cut quill pens scalpela thin straight surgical knife used in dissection and surgery steak knifea sharp table knife used in eating steak flick knife, flick-knife, switchblade, switchblade knifea pocketknife with a blade that springs open at the press of a button edge tool any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge) 2n a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point Hypo|Hyper bayonet a knife that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon dagger, stickera short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing khukuria curved steel knife with a razor-sharp edge used in combat by the Gurkhas; has cultural and religious significance in Nepal machete, matchet, pangaa large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation shiva knife used as a weapon trench knifea knife with a double-edged blade for hand-to-hand fighting yataghana long Turkish knife with a curved blade having a single edge dirka relatively long dagger with a straight blade kirpana ceremonial four-inch curved dagger that Sikh men and women are obliged to wear at all times crease, creese, krisa Malayan dagger with a wavy blade bodkin, poniarda dagger with a slender blade stilettoa small dagger with a tapered blade arm, weapon, weapon system any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting 3n any long thin projection that is transient rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark Syn|Hyper tongue projection any solid convex shape that juts out from something 4v use a knife on The victim was knifed to death Syn|Hypo|Hyper stab poniard stab with a poniard bayonetstab or kill someone with a bayonet injure, wound cause injuries or bodily harm to |
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