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knifing

/nahyf/US // naɪf //UK // (naɪf) //

刀伤,刀术,刀具,持刀

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
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    plural knives [nahyvz]. /naɪvz/.

    • : an instrument for cutting, consisting essentially of a thin, sharp-edged, metal blade fitted with a handle.
    • : a knifelike weapon; dagger or short sword.
    • : any blade for cutting, as in a tool or machine.
v.有主动词 verb
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    knifed, knif·ing.

    • : to apply a knife to; cut, stab, etc., with a knife.
    • : to attempt to defeat or undermine in a secret or underhanded way.
v.无主动词 verb
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    knifed, knif·ing.

    • : to move or cleave through something with or as if with a knife: The ship knifed through the heavy seas.

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Examples

  • Anything that quickens the movement of money will have far-reaching effects at a time when businesses exist on a solvency knife edge.

  • Such people could have been harmed by a knife, spear or arrow, Broehl explains.

  • This arrangement helps prevent your knife from snagging on things like seat belts, doors, or bags, helping ensure that the knife doesn’t fall out of your pocket.

  • A knife is a tool, and the right tool is determined by the job you’re asking it to perform.

  • For knives that I’m going to carry in a pocket or on my belt, I find that the sweet spot in blade length is between three and four inches.

  • I took out my knife, my Ka-Bar, and knocked his teeth out, but they fell into his throat.

  • He had a special knife designed to cut the dense loaf, and a ceremony to precede cutting the cake.

  • Wielding a curved knife, a young man navigates past the aging structures and into the forest.

  • But in the next instant, Peters is stepping back to the table and snatching up the knife.

  • “Stand the f--- away from the knife right now, man,” the cop says.

  • Pearson flung his knife and fork at it, having forgotten to drop those light weapons when he leaped up.

  • Black Sheep looked up at Harry's throat and then at a knife on the dinner-table.

  • A knife would hurt, but Aunty Rosa had told him, a year ago, that if he sucked paint he would die.

  • The servant-girl came up from the kitchen, took the knife away, and consoled him.

  • Black Sheep sat at the bottom of the stairs, the table-knife in his hand, and wept for that he had not killed Harry.