hatchet: n.短柄小斧。 bury the hatchet 休战,媾和。 dig [take] up the hatchet 宣战,开战。 throw [fling, sling] the hatchet 吹牛。 throw the helves after the hatchet 1. 连受损失。 2. 完全放弃。 3. 一不做二不休,绝望挣扎。n.-try 大刀阔斧的削减。
He was so very slender, keen, hatchet-faced and well-dressed that clyde was not only impressed but overawed at once . 他个子细长,为人精明,一副瘦长面孔,衣服穿得很讲究,克莱德见了不只是印象很深,而且马上对他肃然起敬。
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He was hatchet - faced and not at all handsome 他是瘦长脸,一点也不漂亮。