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。
短柄小斧;手斧
hatchets — plural of hatchet
先理解核心含义,再看它在真实句子里的用法。
短柄小斧;手斧
a small axe with a short handle, usually for chopping wood
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。
短柄小斧;战斧。
A small, light axe with a short handle; a tomahawk.
由战斗斧组成的武器;北美印第安人使用
weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American Indians
好战;敌意;严厉批评。
Belligerence, animosity; harsh criticism.
一把短柄的小斧,单手使用(通常用于劈柴)
a small ax with a short handle used with one hand (usually to chop wood)
He used a hatchet to split the kindling for the campfire.
他用短柄小斧劈开篝火用的引火柴。
The old shed had a rusty hatchet hanging on the wall.
旧棚屋的墙上挂着一把生锈的短柄小斧。
She packed a small hatchet for the hiking trip.
她为徒步旅行打包了一把小短柄斧。
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。
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。
Not this
He bought two hatchet.
Use this
He bought two hatchets.
Hatchet 是可数名词,复数形式是 hatchets;two 等数量词后必须用复数。中文没有名词复数变形,所以容易漏掉 -s。
Not this
He chopped the wood by a hatchet.
Use this
He chopped the wood with a hatchet.
表示“用某种工具”时,英语用 with + 工具,而 by 用来引出方式或手段(如 by hand)。这里把中文的“用”直接译成 by,属于介词误用。
Not this
He cut down the big tree with a hatchet.
Use this
He cut down the big tree with an axe.
Hatchet 指单手使用的小斧,适合劈柴等轻活;砍倒大树通常要用长柄的大 axe。若把中文“斧子”一律译为 hatchet,就会造成用词不当。
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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。
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。
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。
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。
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.
那篇评论是对她最新小说的恶意攻击。
(受雇从事破坏、攻击等不光彩工作的)打手,刀斧手;专门写文章攻击别人的人
He quit because he was tired of being the boss's hatchet man.
他辞职了,因为厌倦了当老板的打手。
我不能撒谎——我是用短柄小斧砍倒那棵樱桃树的。
According to the famous American legend, young George Washington said this after cutting down his father's cherry tree with a hatchet.
根据著名的美国传说,小乔治·华盛顿用短柄小斧砍倒父亲的樱桃树后说了这句话。
Use hatchets naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记 hatchet:短柄小斧劈柴时发出“哈切”一声,切音提示单手短斧。
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。
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。
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