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hatchet

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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hatch·et /ˈhætʃɪt/ noun [countable]  hatchet.jpg TZa small axe with a short handle 短柄小斧 bury the hatchet at bury(9)
Examples from the Corpus
hatchetHe 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
hatch·et nounChineseSyllable
Corpus a a with small short axe handle


hatchet
hatchet /ˈhætʃət, ˈhætʃɪt/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1300-1400
 Language: French
 Origin: hachette, from hache 'ax'

a small axe with a short handle
bury the hatchet at bury(9)


hatchetBrE /ˈhætʃɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈhætʃɪt/ 🔊 noun
a small axe (= a tool with a heavy blade for chopping things) with a short handle 短柄小斧ˌbury the ˈhatchetˌbury your ˈdifferencesto stop being unfriendly and become friends again 消除隔阂(重归于好)