| 单词 | knives |
| 释义 | knife /nīf/noun (pl knives /nīvz/)An instrument with a blade for cutting or spreading transitive verb
To cut (with through) or penetrate (with into) as if with a knife ORIGIN: ME knif, from OE cnīf knifeˈless adjective
knifeˈlike adjective knifˈer noun knifˈing noun The (criminal) act of stabbing someone with a knife knife-and-forkˈ noun (Dickens) A trencherman adjective Involving, or relating to, the use of a knife and fork knifeˈ-board noun
knifeˈ-box noun A box for keeping table cutlery in knifeˈ-boy noun A boy employed in cleaning knives knifeˈ-edge noun
knifeˈ-grinder noun Someone who grinds or sharpens knives knifeˈ-man noun A man wielding or using a knife knifeˈ-money noun A knife-shaped bronze currency formerly used in China knife pleat noun A narrow, flat pleat knifeˈ-point noun The sharp tip of a knife (at knife-point under threat of injury by a knife) knifeˈ-rest noun A support for a carving knife or fork knifeˈ-switch noun A switch in an electric circuit, in which the moving element consists of a flat blade that engages with fixed contacts at it like knives Continuously and eagerly occupied with it have one's knife in
the knives are out for People are out to get (someone) twist the knife (in the wound) To increase someone's distress or embarrassment, eg by making constant reminders of the circumstances that caused it under the knife Undergoing a surgical operation war to the knife Unrelenting conflict knive /nīv/transitive verb (rare)To knife |
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