hatchet

Word family adjectivehatchetyhatchet-facednounhatchet jobhatchet manhatchet

Related topics: Tools

hatch·et /ˈhætʃɪt/ noun [countableC]

TZa small axe with a short handle 短柄小斧

→ bury the hatchet at bury(9)

Examples from the Corpus

hatchet• He devotes several paragraphs to a hatchet job.• His smooth face was slashed open by his predatory mouth, as if an invisible hatchet were biting into fruit.• Were they heroes, or leftwing hatchet men?• At each intersection, Converse had cringed in anticipation of the bullet, the blade, the hatchet.• Holly McPeak and Nancy Reno hope to bury the hatchet long enough to bring home the gold.• Frankly, as a sports journalist, I find the hatchet jobs being done on Graham Taylor embarrassing.• Whack, the sound of the hatchet decapitating the poor thing.• It has often been noted that while barbarians fight with hatchets, civilised men fight with gossip.

Origin hatchet

(1300-1400) French hachette, from hache “ax”

单词	hatchet
释义	hatchet Word family adjectivehatchetyhatchet-facednounhatchet jobhatchet manhatchet Related topics: Tools hatch·et /ˈhætʃɪt/ noun [countableC] TZa small axe with a short handle 短柄小斧 → bury the hatchet at bury(9) Examples from the Corpus hatchet• He devotes several paragraphs to a hatchet job.• His smooth face was slashed open by his predatory mouth, as if an invisible hatchet were biting into fruit.• Were they heroes, or leftwing hatchet men?• At each intersection, Converse had cringed in anticipation of the bullet, the blade, the hatchet.• Holly McPeak and Nancy Reno hope to bury the hatchet long enough to bring home the gold.• Frankly, as a sports journalist, I find the hatchet jobs being done on Graham Taylor embarrassing.• Whack, the sound of the hatchet decapitating the poor thing.• It has often been noted that while barbarians fight with hatchets, civilised men fight with gossip. Origin hatchet (1300-1400) French hachette, from hache “ax”
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