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

• My god, those bite marks look like daggers.
  我的天哪，这些咬痕像是匕首刺的。
• 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。
• 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 world lives at daggers drawn in a cold war.
  世界在冷战中剑拨弩张。
• Behind me is a memorial that symbolizes the Ranger daggers that were thrust into the top of these cliffs.
  我身后是一座纪念碑，象征着突击队员像尖刀一样猛刺向峭壁的顶端。
• Israel's insecurity was so pervasive that even words were daggers.
  以色列感到到处都有危险，甚至纸面上的文字也是刀枪林立。
• They were armed with ferocious daggers.
  他们携有锋利的匕首。
• 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。
• Jack and Peter have been at daggers drawn for a long time.
  杰克和彼得长期以来不共戴天。
• We are still at daggers drawn with the foreign ministry over this.
  在这件事情上我们仍旧跟外交部势不两立。