penknife

/pen-nahyf/US // ˈpɛnˌnaɪf //UK // (ˈpɛnˌnaɪf) //

笔刀,钢笔刀,笔形刀,笔筒

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
plural pen·knives.
- : a small pocketknife, formerly one used for making and sharpening quill pens.

as inpocket knife

Synonyms

He stabbed her twice with a penknife, and one of the wounds was potentially fatal.
No you are not, he answered settling himself back in an easy position, and taking a penknife from his pocket to play with.
She was pruning a rose-bush with Bub's penknife, and when she heard him coming she wheeled, quivering.
On arriving at his house they found him rather unwell; he went about the room bent like a half-opened penknife.
I opened it with a penknife soaked in an antiseptic solution, and cleaned it thoroughly.
On the cover he had scratched an inscription with his penknife, "The Emperor to his little friend Julia."