daggers

英 [ˈdægəz]

美 [ˈdægərz]

n.  匕首; 短剑
dagger的复数

柯林斯词典

• 匕首;短剑
  Adaggeris a weapon like a knife with two sharp edges.
• PHRASE 剑拔弩张;势不两立
  If you say that two people areat daggers drawn, you mean they are having an argument and are still very angry with each other.
  1. She and her mother were at daggers drawn.
     她和她母亲之间的关系异常紧张。

双语例句

• She looked daggers at Tom when he suggested that her cooking could be improved.
  当汤姆暗示说她还须改进烹调技术时，她狠狠地瞪了他一眼。
• She's at daggers drawn with her colleagues.
  她与同事们水火不相容。
• Judge Taylor looked daggers at Atticus, as if daring him to speak.
  泰勒法官对阿迪克斯怒目而视，似乎看他敢不敢说话。
• They remain useful as masterwork daggers, though designed for a harvest golem's use.
  它们仍然可以作为精致品匕首使用，但也可以用于收割傀儡使用。
• Paul Wolfowitz, the neoconservative defence expert who succeeded him, replaced them with vicious-looking ornamental daggers from Asia.
  他的继任者、新保守主义国防专家保罗沃尔福威茨（paulwolfowitz），用几把来自亚洲的、看上去颇为凌厉的装饰短剑取代了它们。
• I happened totread on his toe, and he looked daggers atme.
  踩到他的脚怒目而视。
• The world lives at daggers drawn in a cold war.
  世界在冷战中剑拨弩张。
• But if we have to repulse them, and the daggers once get drawn among such throngs of people, we are likely to have the place burnt down before nightfall.
  但是如果我们非得挫败他们，等到他们在人群中拔出刀子，我们可能在天黑之前就得焚毁那个地方。
• The museum has collections of everything from Arabian sailing boats to the curved daggers known as khanjars.
  该馆的收藏包括阿拉伯的帆船及波斯坎查弯刀，应有尽有。
• They usually ascend by using the daggers they plunge in people's backsides as rappelling instruments.
  他们常常通过把匕首插入别人的背后作为拉人下水的工具来实现自己的往上爬。