| 释义 |
knife/naif/ n. & v.●n. (pl. knives /naivz/) 1a a metal blade used as a cutting tool with usu. one long sharp edge fixed rigidly in a handle or hinged (cf. 参见 PENKNIFE) 刀(通常装有柄或可折转) b a similar tool used as a weapon (用作武器的)刀 2 a cutting blade forming part of a machine (机器上的)刀片，刀具 3 (as 作 the knife) colloq. a surgical operation or operations [口]外科手术 ●v. 1 tr. cut or stab with a knife 用刀砍(或刺) 2 tr. slang bring about the defeat of (a person) by underhand means [俚语]用阴险手段陷害(某人) 3 intr. (usu. foll. by 通常后跟 through) cut or cuts its way like a knife 用刀推进，用刀穿刺 □ before you can say knife colloq. very quickly or suddenly [口]说时迟那时快，一下子，突然 □ get one's knife into treat maliciously or vindictively, persecute 加害于某人；对某人怀恨在心 □ go under the knife colloq. have surgery [口]接受外科手术 □ that one could cut with a knife colloq. (of an accent, atmosphere, etc.) very obvious, oppressive, etc. [口] (口音、气氛等)令人不愉快的，使人感到压抑的 □ knifelike adj.□ knifer n.[Old English cnīf from Old Norse knífr, from Germanic] |