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knifenaIfn [C]pl knives naIvza tool or weapon used for cutting, usually consisting of a metal blade and a handle刀;餐刀a fish/butter/steak knife鱼刀/涂黄油用刀/牛排餐刀We took plastic knives and forks on our picnic.野餐时我们带上了塑料刀叉。He drew/pulled a knife and stabbed the soldier between the shoulder-blades.他拔出刀，刺在那个士兵的肩胛骨之间。She was attacked by a gang wielding/brandishing knives.她遭到一帮挥刀歹徒袭击。Two knives --a bread knife and a carving knife--believed to have been the murder weapons, were found close to the bodies.两把被认为是凶器的刀----面包刀和切肉刀----在尸体旁被发现了。To put/stick the knife into someone/To put/stick the knife in is to be unpleasant about someone or to try to harm them.对(某人)怀恨在心;加害于(某人)She's always putting the knife into her former colleagues.她一直对过去的同事怀恨在心。That review of his latest book really put the knife in.那篇对他新书的评论真是有意加害。If you get/have your knife into/in someone, you try to upset or harm them because you disagree with or dislike them.跟(某人)过不去;加害于(某人)(Br and Aus infml) If you say the knives are out, you mean that people are being unpleasant about someone, or trying to harm them.剑拔弩张The knives are out for the former president.对前总统已经剑拔弩张。If you twist/turn the knife (in the wound), you make someone who is annoyed, anxious or upset feel even worse.揭人疮疤Just to turn the knife a little, he told me he'd seen my old girlfriend with her new man.他告诉我他看见我以前的女友和她的新任男友在一起，只是为了揭我的疮疤。If someone is on a knife-edge, they are in a difficult or worrying situation of which the result is uncertain.处于摇摆不定的处境;处于焦急状态The company is existing on a financial knife-edge.这家公司正处于财政困境。At the moment the election seems balanced on a knife-edge.此刻选举似乎处于摇摆不定的状态。The game had a knife-edge conclusion (= it was uncertain who was going to win).比赛胜负难料。Knife-edge also means narrow and sharp.有像刀一样的锋刃的We had to climb over a knife-edge mountain ridge.我们必须翻越一道陡峭的山脊。(dated) If you are under the knife, you are having a medical operation in which a doctor cuts into your body.在外科手术刀下He died under the knife.他在动手术时死了。[PENKNIFE]
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