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单词 pocket knife
释义

pocket knifen.

Brit. /ˈpɒkɪt nʌɪf/, U.S. /ˈpɑkət ˌnaɪf/
Inflections: Plural pocket knives.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pocket n., knife n.
Etymology: < pocket n. + knife n.
A knife suitable for carrying in a pocket, typically having one or more blades which retract or fold into the handle. Cf. penknife n.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > knife > [noun] > pocket-knife
pocket knife1676
jackknife1683
barlow knife1779
stick knife1819
shut-knife1879
toad-stabber1885
switch-blade1909
blade1920
Batangas knife1937
switch-knife1955
1676 J. Smith Art of Painting in Oyl xiv. 65 A Knife of Cane, or for want of it, an ordinary pocket Knife that hath a smooth and sharp edge.
1727 P. Longueville Hermit 168 Having nothing but a Pocket-Knife to cut withal.
1773 R. Graves Spiritual Quixote II. viii. xix. 247 Upon searching the pocket of the great coat, they found in it an old crape hat-band, a pocket knife, and an iron tobacco-box.
1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xix. 194 Mr. Winkle..was eating bread and ham with a pocket-knife.
1875 R. W. Emerson Lett. & Social Aims i. 16 When a boy finds that his pocket-knife will attract steel filings and take up a needle.
1896 Daily News 21 Dec. 9/5 One of the largest houses..has nearly 100 pocket knife cutlers and grinders idle.
1925 V. Woolf Mrs. Dalloway 122 Women, he thought, shutting his pocket-knife, don't know what passion is.
1983 Buck & Hickman Catal. 1983–5 141 (table) Retractable blade pocket knife complete with two blades.
2001 J. Hamilton-Paterson Loving Monsters (2002) xiv. 289 Adelio is blushing, paring rind off a piece of cheese with a grimy pocketknife.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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