knife
英[naɪf] 美[naɪf]
"tongues of flame licked at the walls"
"rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark"
"The victim was knifed to death"
1.刀
Aknife is a tool for cutting or a weapon and consists of a flat piece of metal with a sharp edge on the end of a handle.
e.g. ...aknife and fork...
一副刀叉
e.g. Two robbers broke into her home, held aknife to her throat and stole her savings.
两个盗贼闯进了她的家,把刀架在她的脖子上,抢走了她的积蓄。
2.用刀伤害
Toknife someone means to attack and injure them with a knife.
e.g. Dawson takes revenge on the man by knifing him to death...
道森用刀杀死了他的仇人。
e.g. She was knifed in the back six times.
她的背部中了6刀。
3.手术刀
A surgeon'sknife is a piece of equipment used to cut flesh and organs during operations. It is made of metal and has a very thin sharp edge.
4.接受手术;动手术
If you gounder the knife, you have an operation in a hospital.
knife
e.g. Kelly was about to go under theknife when her surgeon stopped everything.
凯莉的手术就要开始时被她的外科医生给叫停了。
5. see also: carving knife;fish knife;flick knife;palette knife;paper knife;pocket knife;Stanley knife
6.轻而易举;毫无困难
If someone does somethinglike a knife through butter orlike a hot knife through butter, they do it very easily.
e.g. Spending by Japanese companies has left them more competitive than companies in other nations. They will be cutting through the competition like a hotknife through butter.
日本公司的支出使得它们比其他国家的公司更具竞争力。它们将在竞争中轻而易举地取胜。
7.(紧张的气氛)使人透不过气来
If you have been in a place where there was a very tense atmosphere, you can say that youcould have cut the atmospherewith a knife.
e.g. Officials hung the flag upside down. You could have cut the atmosphere with aknife.
官员们把旗子挂倒了。气氛紧张得让人透不过气来。
8.对…磨刀霍霍;对…兴师问罪
If a lot of people want something unpleasant to happen to someone, for example if they want them to lose their job, you can say thatthe knives are out for that person.
e.g. The Party knives are out for the leader.
该党派要向其领导人开刀了。
9.落井下石;往伤口上撒盐
If youtwist the knife or if youturn the knife in someone'swound, you do or say something to make an unpleasant situation they are in even more unpleasant.
e.g. Travis twisted theknife by laughing at her...
特拉维斯火上浇油般地嘲笑她。
e.g. It is the turn of Latvia to twist theknife.
轮到拉特维亚落井下石了。
1.
1. 餐刀:汤匙(soupspoon)放在餐刀(knife)的右边. 吃小菜的餐碟(plate)及餐具应放在菜碟上,同时用餐巾(napkin)轻轻盖住. 酒杯(wine glass)应摆在盘子右前方,并把胡椒粉、盐(salt)等调料装在瓶子(bottle)里,再配一把小匙.
2. 刀子:1. 以f/fe结尾的名词的复数形式是将f或fe变为v,然后再加es. 这类名词可巧记为:小偷(thief)的妻子(wife)拿树叶(leaf)当刀子(knife),在架子(shelf)后把狼(wolf)一劈两半(half),结束了它的生命(life).
He cleaved an apple with a knife.
他用一把刀子将苹果切开。
I picked up the knife and threw it out of the window.
我拿起了那把刀,把它扔到了窗外。
His cheek was badly scarred by a knife cut.
他的面颊上留有严重的刀疤。
The victim had been knifed in the chest.
受害人胸部中刀。
knives and forks
刀叉
a sharp knife
锋利的刀
a bread knife (= one for cutting bread)
切面包刀
She was murdered in a frenzied knife attack.
她被乱刀残杀。
...a knife and fork...
一副刀叉
Two robbers broke into her home, held a knife to her throat and stole her savings.
两个盗贼闯进了她的家,把刀架在她的脖子上,抢走了她的积蓄。
Dawson takes revenge on the man by knifing him to death...
道森用刀杀死了他的仇人。
She was knifed in the back six times.
她的背部中了6刀。
Kelly was about to go under the knife when her surgeon stopped everything.
凯莉的手术就要开始时被她的外科医生给叫停了。
Spending by Japanese companies has left them more competitive than companies in other nations. They will be cutting through the competition like a hot knife through butter.
日本公司的支出使得它们比其他国家的公司更具竞争力。它们将在竞争中轻而易举地取胜。
Officials hung the flag upside down. You could have cut the atmosphere with a knife.
官员们把旗子挂倒了。气氛紧张得让人透不过气来。
The Party knives are out for the leader.
该党派要向其领导人开刀了。
Travis twisted the knife by laughing at her...
特拉维斯火上浇油般地嘲笑她。
It is the turn of Latvia to twist the knife.
轮到拉特维亚落井下石了。
' There you are 'u2014 like a knife through butter,'said the demonstrator as the powered shovel swung back with its load.
当动力铲带着铲起的东西转回来时,示范的人说, “ 你瞧是不是,多么容易. ”
He slashed the bark off the tree with his knife.
他用刀把树皮从树上砍下.
The knife penetrated his finger.
刀子刺入他的手指.
A sharp knife makes a clean cut.
快刀切得干净利落.
The boy traded his knife for a cricket bat.
那男孩用他的刀子换了一个板球棒.
This knife is very keen.
这把小刀非常锋利.
The knife did not pierce very deeply.
刀扎得不很深.
Liu Hulan unflinchingly faced death under the butcher's knife of the enemy.
刘胡兰在敌人的屠刀面前大义凛然,视死如归.
He went camping with a knife stuck in his belt each time.
他每次去露营都佩带腰刀.
She murdered her husband with a knife.
她用刀杀害了丈夫.
The realisation that she was gone was like a knife thrust.
意识到她已走了让人心像刀扎了一样.
The cruiser knifed through the heavy sea.
巡洋舰穿过汹涌的大海。
A new highway knifes through the jungle.
一条新公路穿越森林。
He ate a little of the lean..; then he..laid down his knife and fork.
出自:Arnold BennettI was skinned by the icy knives of the wind.
出自:ObserverI would have thought no more of knifing him than of smoking this cigar.
出自:Conan DoyleRape..is violence, just as much as being knifed.
出自:S. Kitzinger