knife
noun /naɪf/
/naɪf/
(plural knives
Idioms /naɪvz/
/naɪvz/
)- enlarge imageenlarge imagea sharp blade (= metal edge) with a handle, used for cutting or as a weapon
刀 - knives and forks
刀叉 - a sharp knife
锋利的刀 - a bread knife (= one for cutting bread)
切面包刀 - The aim is to deter young people from carrying knives.
目的是阻止年轻人携带刀具。 - He had been stabbed repeatedly with a kitchen knife.
他被菜刀反复刺伤。 - a plan to tackle knife crime
对付持刀犯罪的计划 - She was murdered in a frenzied knife attack.
她被乱刀残杀。
Topics Cooking and eatinga2- He and his gang had a knife fight one night.
一天夜里，他和他的团伙经历了一场持刀混战。 - He plunged the knife deep into her heart.
他把刀直插进她的心脏。 - He pressed the knife tighter against her throat.
他把抵在她喉部的刀压得更紧了。 - He suddenly pulled a knife on me.
他突然掏出刀子冲着我。 - He was slumped over his desk with a knife protruding from his back.
他趴倒在书桌上，背上插着一把刀。 - He waved his knife in her face threateningly.
他在她面前挥刀威胁。 - She carries a knife in her bag now.
她现在包里装着刀子。 - She felt a knife slice her wrist open.
她感觉到一把刀切开了自己的手腕。 - She picked up her knife and fork and started to eat.
她拿起刀叉吃了起来。 - She pointed her knife at Richard.
她把刀指向理查德。 - She put the knife to his throat to frighten him into silence.
她用刀抵住他的喉咙，威胁他不要出声。 - She stabbed him in the back with a 12-inch knife.
她用一把 12 英寸长的刀刺进他的后背。 - That knife doesn't cut very well—it needs sharpening.
那把刀切东西不太快了，需要磨一磨。 - The lines can be cut with a craft knife.
可以用裁纸刀裁出轮廓。 - Use a sharp knife to cut away the spare dough.
用锋利的刀切掉多余的面团。 - a set of kitchen knives
一套菜刀 - A sharp carving knife is essential when carving any joint.
雕刻任何关节时，锋利的雕刻刀是必不可少的。 - Chuck drew his hunting knife from its sheath.
查克从鞘中拔出猎刀。 - Sara placed her knife and fork neatly on the plate.
萨拉把刀叉整齐地摆放在盘子上。 - The raider threatened him with a 6-inch kitchen knife before escaping.
袭击者在逃跑前用一把6英寸的菜刀威胁他。 - a butter/steak knife
黄油/牛排刀 - (figurative) Each word he uttered was a knife in her heart.
他说的每个字都让她心如刀割。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- blunt
- dull
- sharp
- …
- set
- pick up
- lay down
- put down
- …
- cut
- slice
- clatter
- …
- blade
- handle
- block
- …
- with a/the knife
- the blade of a knife
- the handle of a knife
- go under the surgeon’s knife
- …
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- gnash
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- knee
- kneel
- knife
- knight
- knit
- knob
- knock
- knot
- know
- knuckle
- psalm
- psephology
- psychic
- ptarmigan
- pterodactyl
- psychology
- wrangle
- wrap
- wreath
- wreck
- wrench
- wrestle
- wriggle
- wring
- write
- wrong
- bomb
- climb
- crumb
- doubt
- lamb
- limb
- ascent
- fascinate
- muscle
- scene
- scissors
- height
- right
- sleigh
- weight
- align
- campaign
- design
- foreign
- malign
- reign
- unfeigned
- balmy
- calm
- calf
- half
- yolk
- autumn
- column
- condemn
- damn
- hymn
- solemn
- bristle
- fasten
- listen
- mortgage
- soften
- thistle
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- guilty
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词源late Old English cnīf, from Old Norse knífr, of Germanic origin. - knives and forks
Idioms
the knives are out (for somebody)
- the situation has become so bad that people are preparing to make one person take the blame, for example by taking away their job
（对某人）磨刀霍霍，兴师问罪 - The knives are out for the chancellor.
刀子是给议长的。
- The knives are out for the chancellor.
like a knife through butter
- (informal) easily; without meeting any difficulty
轻而易举；毫无困难
put/stick the knife in | put/stick the knife into somebody
- (informal) to behave towards somebody in an unfriendly way and try to harm them
对某人怀恨在心；加害于某人
turn/twist the knife (in the wound)
- to say or do something unkind deliberately; to make somebody who is unhappy feel even more unhappy
恶意地说（或做）；落井下石；往伤口上撒盐 - Marcia laughed as she twisted the knife still deeper.
玛西娅笑着把刀扭得更深了。 - Just to twist the knife, the filmmakers have provided a surprise ending.
为了更加悲情，电影制作者早已准备好了一个令人吃惊的结局。
- Marcia laughed as she twisted the knife still deeper.
under the knife
- (informal) having a medical operation
接受手术；动手术 - He is to go under the surgeon's knife again on Thursday.
星期四他要再次手术。
- He is to go under the surgeon's knife again on Thursday.