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

• They usually ascend by using the daggers they plunge in people's backsides as rappelling instruments.
  他们常常通过把匕首插入别人的背后作为拉人下水的工具来实现自己的往上爬。
• I happened totread on his toe, and he looked daggers atme.
  踩到他的脚怒目而视。
• On the battlefield they fight with sword and shield, as opposed to the daggers of their trade.
  在战场上他们以长剑和盾牌作战，而非平时刺杀中惯用的短刃。
• My god, those bite marks look like daggers.
  我的天哪，这些咬痕像是匕首刺的。
• She's at daggers drawn with her colleagues.
  她与同事们水火不相容。
• If they're fragile, then they need tools to be able to survive when the bad man with the axe or daggers comes a calling.
  要是布甲很脆，那么他们需要一些能力在那些拿着斧子和匕首的猥琐男靠近他们的时候存活下来。
• The world lives at daggers drawn in a cold war.
  世界在冷战中剑拨弩张。
• Things like visor caps, swords, daggers, buttons, insignia, medals, shoulder boards, collar tabs, flags, tress, swallows nests and of course, the cloth that Nazi uniforms are made of.
  当然喜欢的东西遮阳盖，剑，匕首，纽扣，徽章，奖章，肩章，领标签，旗帜，树木，燕子筑巢和，布的纳粹制服而作出调整。
• She left the room, looking daggers at me.
  她以短剑相刺的目光望着我，走出了房间。
• The teeth of these fleet-footed predators are too small to use as daggers for large kill, but the cats have strong jaws that lock around the throat of prey until the victim stops breathing.
  这些敏捷的掠夺者们的牙齿在大型猎物面前就像匕首一样显得太小，但是猫科动物强壮的颚能够环锁住猎物的喉咙直至受害者停止呼吸。