knife

英 [naɪf] 美[naɪf]

n. 刀；匕首
vt. 用刀切；（口）伤害
vi. 劈开；划过

近义词 sword blade

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英英释义

1. edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle

2. a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point

3. any long thin projection that is transient;: "tongues of flame licked at the walls"; "rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark"

词组搭配

before you can say knife

(informal)very quickly; almost instantaneously

(非正式)极快地，立刻

考试真题

If we ask Americans why they eat with knives and forks, or why their men wear pants instead of skirts, or why they may be married to only one person at a time, we are likely to get similar and very uninformative answers: "Because it's right.

They cut it themselves into very thin slices with a long flat knife.

实用场景例句

knives and forks: 刀叉

a sharp knife: 锋利的刀

a bread knife (= one for cutting bread): 切面包刀

She was murdered in a frenzied knife attack.: 她被乱刀残杀。

...a knife and fork...: 一副刀叉

Two robbers broke into her home, held a knife to her throat and stole her savings.: 两个盗贼闯进了她的家，把刀架在她的脖子上，抢走了她的积蓄。

Dawson takes revenge on the man by knifing him to death...: 道森用刀杀死了他的仇人。

She was knifed in the back six times.: 她的背部中了6刀。

Kelly was about to go under the knife when her surgeon stopped everything.: 凯莉的手术就要开始时被她的外科医生给叫停了。

Spending by Japanese companies has left them more competitive than companies in other nations. They will be cutting through the competition like a hot knife through butter.: 日本公司的支出使得它们比其他国家的公司更具竞争力。它们将在竞争中轻而易举地取胜。

Officials hung the flag upside down. You could have cut the atmosphere with a knife.: 官员们把旗子挂倒了。气氛紧张得让人透不过气来。

The Party knives are out for the leader.: 该党派要向其领导人开刀了。

Travis twisted the knife by laughing at her...: 特拉维斯火上浇油般地嘲笑她。

It is the turn of Latvia to twist the knife.: 轮到拉特维亚落井下石了。

" There you are — like a knife through butter,'said the demonstrator as the powered shovel swung back with its load.: 当动力铲带着铲起的东西转回来时,示范的人说, “ 你瞧是不是,多么容易. ”

He slashed the bark off the tree with his knife.: 他用刀把树皮从树上砍下.

The knife penetrated his finger.: 刀子刺入他的手指.

A sharp knife makes a clean cut.: 快刀切得干净利落.

The boy traded his knife for a cricket bat.: 那男孩用他的刀子换了一个板球棒.

This knife is very keen.: 这把小刀非常锋利.

The knife did not pierce very deeply.: 刀扎得不很深.

Liu Hulan unflinchingly faced death under the butcher's knife of the enemy.: 刘胡兰在敌人的屠刀面前大义凛然,视死如归.

He went camping with a knife stuck in his belt each time.: 他每次去露营都佩带腰刀.

She murdered her husband with a knife.: 她用刀杀害了丈夫.

The realisation that she was gone was like a knife thrust.: 意识到她已走了让人心像刀扎了一样.

中文词源

knife 刀，匕首

来自古英语cnif,刀，匕首。

双语例句

1. She produced the knife during arguments with her friends.: 在和朋友争吵的时候，她掏出了刀。

2. The knife stuck in the ground at his feet.: 刀扎在了他脚边的地上。

3. His surgical instruments were a knife and a pair of pincers.: 他的外科手术器械是一把刀和一把钳子。

4. He picked up the knife and gave it to me.: 他捡起刀子递给我。

5. Lightly score the surface of the steaks with a knife.: 在牛排表面轻轻打花刀。

英文词源

knife: knife: [11] Knife is not a native English word, but a borrowing. It came from Old Norse knífr, which survives also in modern Swedish knif and Danish knif. It can be traced back to a prehistoric Germanic *knībaz, which also produced German kneif ‘cobbler’s knife’, and was borrowed by French as canif ‘knife’, but its previous ancestry is not known.
knife (n.): late Old English cnif, probably from Old Norse knifr, from Proto-Germanic *knibaz (cognates: Middle Low German knif, Middle Dutch cnijf, German kneif), of uncertain origin. To further confuse the etymology, there also are forms in -p-, such as Dutch knijp, German kneip. French canif "penknife" (mid-15c.) is borrowed from Middle English or Norse.
knife (v.): 1865, from knife (n.). Related: Knifed; knifing.

词态变化

复数: knives;第三人称单数: knives;过去式: knifed;过去分词: knifed;现在分词: knifing;