knife n. (pl. knives ) 1.小刀;餐刀;菜刀。 2.〔诗〕短刀,匕首。 3.【机械工程】(切断器的)刃部;(机器上的)刀具[刀片]。 4.〔 the knife〕 【外】手术刀。 a folding knife折刀。 a knife and fork (吃西餐用的)一副刀叉。 a pocket knife(可折合的)小刀。 a table knife餐刀。 before you can [could] say knife〔口语〕说时迟那时快;一眨眼;突然。 cut like a knife(风等)冷得刺骨。 get [have] a [one's] knife into sb. 对某人报复,猛烈攻击某人,同某人过不去。 go [pass] under the knife〔口语〕动外科手术,开刀。 have a horror of the knife 怕动外科手术。 play a good knife and fork 吃得津津有味;饱餐一顿。 sharpen one's knife for sb. 准备惩罚[攻击]某人。 That one could cut it with a knife…十分明显的,非常压抑的。 under the knife 〔口语〕动外科手术。 war to the knife 血战,鏖战。 vt. 1.拿小刀切;拿尖刀戳。 2.〔口语〕秘密打击,用阴险手段击败,背叛。 3.刀切似地穿过。 4.用括刀涂(颜料等)。 vi. (刀似地)劈开,穿过。
We must overhaul that mead , he resumed ; this mustn t continny ! all having armed themselves with old pointed knives they went out together 所有的人手里都拿上了一把旧尖刀,把自己武装起来,一起出了门。
In order that he might awaken early he did not close the shutters , but contented himself with bolting the door and placing on the table an unclasped and long - pointed knife , whose temper he well knew , and which was never absent from him 为了要早醒,他不曾关百叶窗,但他小心地闩好房门,并把那柄他永不离身的尖利的小刀放在桌子上。