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hatchet sth
hatchet 作动词时表示用短柄小斧砍，后面直接接被砍的物体；这一用法不太常见，正式或文学语体中多见。
They hatcheted the dead branches into firewood.
他们用短柄小斧把枯枝砍成柴火。
用短柄小斧砍
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用短柄小斧砍
To cut with a hatchet.
They hatcheted the dead branches into firewood.
他们用短柄小斧把枯枝砍成柴火。
用短柄小斧砍。
To cut with a hatchet.
hatchet
Base
原形
hatchets
3rd person
第三人称单数
hatcheting
-ing
现在分词
hatcheted
Past
过去式
hatcheted
Past participle
过去分词
He hatchets the branches into kindling.
他用短柄小斧把树枝砍成引火木。
They hatcheted the old fence into pieces.
他们用短柄小斧把旧篱笆砍成碎片。
She is hatcheting logs for the fire.
她正在用短柄小斧劈柴生火。
作动词时，意为“用短柄小斧砍”。规则变化：过去式与过去分词为 hatcheted，现在分词为 hatcheting。
He hatcheted the old crate into firewood.
他用短柄小斧把旧板条箱砍成柴火。
The cook hatchets a coconut open in one swift motion.
厨师用短柄小斧一下子把椰子砍开了。
They were hatcheting the fallen tree into logs when it started to rain.
他们正用短柄小斧把倒下的树砍成圆木，这时开始下雨了。
hatchet 作动词时表示用短柄小斧砍，后面直接接被砍的物体；这一用法不太常见，正式或文学语体中多见。
They hatcheted the dead branches into firewood.
他们用短柄小斧把枯枝砍成柴火。
Not this
He hatchet the branch yesterday.
Use this
He hatcheted the branch yesterday.
中文动词没有时态变化，学习者容易漏掉规则动词的过去式词尾 -ed。hatchet 的过去式是 hatcheted。
Not this
He hatcheted at the tree.
Use this
He hatcheted the tree.
hatchet 是及物动词，直接接宾语，不用介词 at。不要受 hack at、chop at 等短语影响而多加 at。
Not this
The chick hatcheted from the egg.
Use this
The chick hatched from the egg.
hatchet 作动词意为“用短柄小斧砍”，不是“孵出”。表示“孵出”应使用 hatch，其过去式是 hatched。二者拼写相近，容易混淆。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
和解，休战
After years of arguing, they finally buried the hatchet.
争吵多年后，他们终于和解了。
恶毒攻击，尖刻抨击
The reviewer did a hatchet job on the new film.
评论家对这部新电影进行了恶毒抨击。
受雇进行打击或清除工作的人；打手
He was hired as the company's hatchet man to carry out the layoffs.
他被雇来当公司的裁员打手。
Use hatchet naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
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hatchet 音近「哈切它」：想象抡起短柄小斧，咔嚓一下把它砍开。
语域：neutral 常见场景：书面叙述、工具使用说明 这个动词用法较少见，通常多用于书面叙述或工具使用说明中；日常口语更常说 chop 或 cut。
真正押韵的是 ratchet /ˈrætʃət/（也读 /ˈrætʃɪt/）。注意：hatch /hætʃ/ 拼写相近但少了末尾的 -et 音节，不押韵；crochet /kroʊˈʃeɪ/ 虽以 -chet 结尾，但读 /ʃeɪ/，也不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.