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axman

/aks-muhn/US // ˈæks mən //

斧头人,斧头男,斧子手,斧手

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural ax·men.

    • : a person who wields an ax.
    • : Informal. hatchet man.

Examples

  • The smell of campfire hangs in the air above the axman—30-year-old Brooklynite Alex Hiller.

  • The Cavalier or aristocrat, however, was not our typical axman or rifleman.

  • Each brawny axman shouted good-by to the boys ere departing, for they were a jovial as well as a brawny lot.

  • The axman brought down his blade with his full strength three times, and the fibers of the tree cracked and began to give way.

  • If this young man Jones is any kind of an axman, he and I can cut the trees and build the pen in half a day.

  • Evidently Casey was disappointed not to get another cursing, for he turned to his comrade, McDermott, an axman.