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

• The leader of the opposition and the prime minister are at daggers drawn over the unemployment issue.
  反对派的领袖和首相在失业问题上势不两立。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But lying behind those deceptively simple questions are cleverly con cealed landmines and daggers in the dark.
  可是那些貌似傻乎乎的试题后面巧埋地雷，暗藏杀机。
• 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。
• The museum has collections of everything from Arabian sailing boats to the curved daggers known as khanjars.
  该馆的收藏包括阿拉伯的帆船及波斯坎查弯刀，应有尽有。
• 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。