Word · Frequency #20722
hatchet
短柄小斧;手斧
a small axe with a short handle, usually for chopping wood
- 1.
A small, light axe with a short handle; a tomahawk.
短柄小斧;战斧。
- 2.
weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American Indians
由战斗斧组成的武器;北美印第安人使用
- 3.
Belligerence, animosity; harsh criticism.
好战;敌意;严厉批评。
- 4.
a small ax with a short handle used with one hand (usually to chop wood)
一把短柄的小斧,单手使用(通常用于劈柴)
战斧;印第安战斧;敌意;好战;猛烈抨击;短柄小斧;战斧。;由战斗斧组成的武器;北美印第安人使用;好战;敌意;严厉批评。
In use
He used a hatchet to split the kindling for the campfire.
The old shed had a rusty hatchet hanging on the wall.
She packed a small hatchet for the hiking trip.
bury the hatchet
bury the hatchet 是惯用语,意为“和解、休战”,不能按字面理解为“埋斧头”。
After years of rivalry, the two companies finally buried the hatchet.
经过多年的竞争,两家公司终于和解了。
do a hatchet job on sth/sb
hatchet job 常与 do 搭配,指对某人或某物进行刻薄、毁灭性的批评。
The reviewer did a hatchet job on the new film.
那位评论家对新电影进行了猛烈的抨击。
Common mistakes
He bought two hatchet.
Connections
Collocations
- bury the hatchet
- 和解;化干戈为玉帛
- After years of rivalry, the two companies finally buried the hatchet.经过多年的竞争,这两家公司终于和解了。
- hatchet job
- 恶毒攻击;蓄意诋毁
- The review was a real hatchet job on the actor's latest performance.那篇评论对那位演员的最新表演进行了猛烈的抨击。
- hatchet man
- 黑脸人物;受雇干卑鄙勾当的人
- He was known as the company's hatchet man, delivering bad news to employees.他被视为公司的黑脸人物,专门向员工传达坏消息。
Idioms & figurative uses
- bury the hatchet
- 停战言和,冰释前嫌After years of rivalry, the two companies finally buried the hatchet and signed a partnership deal.经过多年的竞争,这两家公司终于冰释前嫌,签署了合作协议。
- hatchet job
- 恶毒攻击,诽谤中伤(尤指以文章或言论进行的)The review was a hatchet job on her latest novel.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记 hatchet:短柄小斧劈柴时发出“哈切”一声,切音提示单手短斧。
Context & Register
语域:neutral 常见场景:camping、chopping wood、outdoor survival 表示“短柄小斧”时,hatchet 通常是不带明显语体色彩的中性词,多用于户外、劈柴等日常场景。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都含有与 hatchet 相同的 /ætʃ/ 音或相似的拼写,但没有一个与它完全押韵:hatch、latch、patch 只带 /ætʃ/,缺少末尾的 /ət/;ratchet 拼写和读音最接近,但常读作 /ˈrætʃɪt/,非重读元音与给出的 /ə/ 不同;sachet 和 crochet 以 -chet 结尾,却读作 /ʃeɪ/,与 /tʃət/ 不同,是典型的形近音异词。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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