hatchet

英 [ˈhætʃɪt]

美 [ˈhætʃɪt]

n.  短柄小斧

复数：hatchets　

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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'd like to bury the hatchet with my sister.
  我也想和我妹妹抛弃前嫌。
• I suggest you find a way to bury the hatchet with Michael Scofield's woman.
  我想你必定能找到个方式，跟迈克思科菲尔德的女人化干戈为玉帛的。
• Let's bury the hatchet and be friends.
  好了，让我们捐弃前嫌，成为朋友。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• All previous ill will has been removed.; We have agreed to bury the hatchet.
  前嫌尽释。
• He always had a hatchet man do the dirty work for him.
  他总是找一名打手为他干这样的卑鄙勾当。