cleavers
劈刀,菜刀,劈柴者,劈叉者
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plural cleav·ers.
- : a North American plant, Galium aparine, of the madder family, having short, hooked bristles on the stems and leaves and bearing very small white flowers.
- : any of certain related species.
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Examples
One woman faced down the two alleged killers who used cleavers and carving knives to hack a soldier to death in London.
Some people swear by cleavers; others (like me) are terrified by them.
The antique fireplace and the ancient mantelpiece were forced to keep company with meat blocks and butchers' cleavers.
The glaciers are separated by narrow ledges called cleavers, or by each occupying its own deep cañon.
Then there arrived the butchers, with their marrowbones and cleavers, and began to make their music with zeal.
It was formerly the custom for butchers' assistants to provide themselves with marrow-bones and cleavers for musical effects.
The men who play the bells have got scent of the marriage; and the marrow-bones and cleavers too; and a brass band too.