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单词 hatchet-faced
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Definition of hatchet-faced in English:

hatchet-faced

adjective
informal
  • Having a narrow face or sharp features, and a grim or hostile expression.

    〈非正式〉(尤指脸形狭长或五官棱角分明的人)凶相的

    a stern-looking, hatchet-faced librarian
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The players and team doctor received the legroom while he sat beside hatchet-faced FA officials in economy.
    • And Hunt's character, a humourless, hatchet-faced harridan with an undercurrent of insecurity, gives very little for the audience to engage with.
    • On the door are squads of camp couture Stasi in suits and hatchet-faced girls with long legs and lists.
    • A catfight breaks out between restless, wilful Miss Braund and her pugnacious chaperone, Mrs Hammond, ending with a slap from the hostess, the hatchet-faced Mrs Rogers.
    • She sounded just like Sister Mary Joseph, the hatchet-faced Mother Superior who used to whack his knuckles with a ruler.

Definition of hatchet-faced in US English:

hatchet-faced

adjectiveˈhætʃət ˈˌfeɪstˈhaCHət ˈˌfāst
informal
  • With a narrow face and sharp features.

    a stern-looking, hatchet-faced librarian
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The players and team doctor received the legroom while he sat beside hatchet-faced FA officials in economy.
    • On the door are squads of camp couture Stasi in suits and hatchet-faced girls with long legs and lists.
    • She sounded just like Sister Mary Joseph, the hatchet-faced Mother Superior who used to whack his knuckles with a ruler.
    • A catfight breaks out between restless, wilful Miss Braund and her pugnacious chaperone, Mrs Hammond, ending with a slap from the hostess, the hatchet-faced Mrs Rogers.
    • And Hunt's character, a humourless, hatchet-faced harridan with an undercurrent of insecurity, gives very little for the audience to engage with.
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