英语词汇“hatchet”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	hatchet
释义	Trends of hatchet View usage for: hatchet (hætʃɪt) Word forms: plural hatchets 1. countable noun A hatchet is a small axe that you can hold in one hand. Synonyms: axe, machete, tomahawk, cleaver More Synonyms of hatchet 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] Someone with a hatchet face has a long, narrow face with sharp features. ...an old naval sergeant, with a hatchet face and drooping moustaches. 3. See to bury the hatchet hatchet in British English (ˈhætʃɪt) noun 1. a short axe used for chopping wood, etc 2. a tomahawk 3. (modifier) of narrow dimensions and sharp features a hatchet face 4. bury the hatchet Derived forms hatchet-like (ˈhatchet-ˌlike) adjective Word origin C14: from Old French hachette, from hache axe, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German happa knife hatchet in American English (ˈhætʃɪt) noun 1. a small ax with a short handle, for use with one hand: often the part of the head opposite the cutting edge is shaped like the striking portion of a hammerhead 2. US UNRESOLVED CROSS REF Idioms: bury the hatchet Word origin ME hachet < OFr hachette, dim. of hache, an ax: see hachure More idioms containing hatchet a hatchet man do a hatchet job on someone or something bury the hatchet Image of hatchet © vasi2, shutterstock Examples of 'hatchet' in a sentence hatchet It's not like we had this horrible battle and then had to bury the hatchet. Times, Sunday Times (2016) To ensure we stay up, we'll have to bury the hatchet and play to our strengths. Times, Sunday Times (2017) The best hatchet jobs are funny as well as nasty. The Times Literary Supplement (2014) And what would a history of liberalism look like that was neither vindication nor hatchet job? The Times Literary Supplement (2011) It is breathless storytelling, but feels like a hatchet job. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Not surprisingly, oil companies have taken a hatchet to their spending plans. Times, Sunday Times (2014) But if it was on bad terms, bury the hatchet. The Sun (2016) The hatchet man did not know it all, though. Christianity Today (2000) I had to do a hatchet job and that made me very unpopular. The Sun (2006) I hope they can bury the hatchet. The Sun (2015) Most challenges involving the hatchet man either leave him rolling around theatrically, or his opponent rolling in pain. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Reading were seething at the hatchet job which had been carried out on their reputation by the increasingly hysterical Mourinho. The Sun (2006) It wasn't a hatchet job! Times, Sunday Times (2011) It's certainly not a one-sided hatchet job. The Sun (2012) He said: 'There has been a huge hatchet job on an ageing squad. The Sun (2009) Anyway, it isn't going to be a hatchet job. Times, Sunday Times (2006) The Aussies had taken a hatchet to the throat of England rugby. Times, Sunday Times (2015) I'm not a hatchet man. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Were the hatchet a less brutal tool, this gripping, succinct and lethal book would deserve the name of hatchet job. Times, Sunday Times (2013) When a reputation such as his is beyond need of reclaiming, it usually means only one thing: time for a hatchet job. The Times Literary Supplement (2014) The Times asked a senior figure who has fired more than 100 colleagues face to face what it is really like to be the hatchet man. Times, Sunday Times (2012) I hope I can produce a hatchet job soon. Times, Sunday Times (2009) In other languages hatchet British English: hatchet NOUN A hatchet is a small axe that you can hold in one hand. One was armed with a hammer while the other brandished a hatchet. American English: hatchet Brazilian Portuguese: machadinha Chinese: 短柄小斧 European Spanish: hacha French: hachette German: Beil Italian: accetta Japanese: 手斧 Korean: 손도끼 European Portuguese: machadinha Latin American Spanish: hacha All related terms of 'hatchet' hatchet job To do a hatchet job on someone or something means to say or write something mentioning many bad things about them, which harms their reputation . hatchet man You can refer to someone who makes changes in an organization by getting rid of lots of people as a hatchet man , especially if you think they do so in an unnecessarily harsh way. claw hatchet a hatchet with a claw at one end of its head for extracting nails hatchet-face a face with narrow dimensions and sharp features hatchet-faced having a face with narrow dimensions and sharp features a hatchet man a man whose job is to destroy things or do unpleasant tasks , often on behalf of someone else bury the hatchet to agree to forget a quarrel and become friends again to bury the hatchet If two people bury the hatchet , they become friendly again after a quarrel or disagreement . do a hatchet job on someone or something to say or write a lot of bad things about someone or something in order to harm their reputation (noun) in the sense of axe Definition a short axe used for chopping wood, etc. I have a small hatchet, not near sharp enough. Synonyms axe She took an axe and chopped down some trees. machete tomahawk cleaver idiom See bury the hatchet Nearby words of hatchet hasty hat hatch hatchet hatchet man hate hateful Related terms of hatchet hatchet man bury the hatchet Synonyms of 'hatchet' hatchet Explore 'hatchet' in the dictionary
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