英语词汇“to dig up the tomahawk”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. to bury the tomahawk: to stop fighting; to end a quarrel; to make peace. Similarly, to dig up the tomahawk: to resume fighting after a period of peace; to renew hostilities.Originally with reference or allusion to the custom among some American Indian peoples of burying a tomahawk when peace has been made after fighting (see quot. 1705); cf. earlier to bury the hatchet, to dig up the hatchet at hatchet n. Phrases 2a(b).

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1705 R. Beverley Hist. Virginia iii. vii. 27 They use..very ceremonious ways in concluding of Peace..such as burying a Tomahawk.]

1775 G. Gilmer in Coll. Virginia Hist. Soc. (1887) 6 80 I..resolve never to bury the Tomahawk untill liberty shall be fixed on an immovable basis thro' the whole Continent.

1866 Janesville (Wisconsin) Gaz. 27 Sept. That gentleman seemed to forget that we were an intelligent people and not savages who dug up the tomahawk for trivial causes.

1930 K. Feiling Brit. Foreign Policy 1660–72 ii. 55 She could expect little welcome in France unless she buried the tomahawk.

1996 Grapevine (Texas) Sun 25 July 3 a/1 They agreed to bury the tomahawk forever, and live as friends and brothers.

2012 H. Hickam Crater xxi. 174 Looks like we might have to dig up the tomahawk, do battle with those old creatures.

单词	to dig up the tomahawk
释义	> as lemmas to dig up the tomahawk a. to bury the tomahawk: to stop fighting; to end a quarrel; to make peace. Similarly, to dig up the tomahawk: to resume fighting after a period of peace; to renew hostilities.Originally with reference or allusion to the custom among some American Indian peoples of burying a tomahawk when peace has been made after fighting (see quot. 1705); cf. earlier to bury the hatchet, to dig up the hatchet at hatchet n. Phrases 2a(b). ΚΠ 1705 R. Beverley Hist. Virginia iii. vii. 27 They use..very ceremonious ways in concluding of Peace..such as burying a Tomahawk.] 1775 G. Gilmer in Coll. Virginia Hist. Soc. (1887) 6 80 I..resolve never to bury the Tomahawk untill liberty shall be fixed on an immovable basis thro' the whole Continent. 1866 Janesville (Wisconsin) Gaz. 27 Sept. That gentleman seemed to forget that we were an intelligent people and not savages who dug up the tomahawk for trivial causes. 1930 K. Feiling Brit. Foreign Policy 1660–72 ii. 55 She could expect little welcome in France unless she buried the tomahawk. 1996 Grapevine (Texas) Sun 25 July 3 a/1 They agreed to bury the tomahawk forever, and live as friends and brothers. 2012 H. Hickam Crater xxi. 174 Looks like we might have to dig up the tomahawk, do battle with those old creatures. extracted from tomahawkn. < as lemmas
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