Word · Frequency #20722
hatchets
用短柄小斧砍
hatchets is the third person singular of hatchet.
To cut with a hatchet.
- 1.
To cut with a hatchet.
用短柄小斧砍。
用短柄小斧砍。
In use
He hatcheted the old crate into firewood.
The cook hatchets a coconut open in one swift motion.
They were hatcheting the fallen tree into logs when it started to rain.
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。
Verb forms
base hatchet · third person hatchets · -ing hatcheting · past hatcheted · past participle hatcheted
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。
Common mistakes
He hatchet the branch yesterday.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。
He hatcheted at the tree.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。
The chick hatcheted from the egg.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。
Connections
Idioms & figurative uses
- bury the hatchet
- 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。
- hatchet job
- 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。
- hatchet man
- 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。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
hatchet 音近「哈切它」:想象抡起短柄小斧,咔嚓一下把它砍开。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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。
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
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.