knives is the plural form of the noun and knifes is the third person singular of the present tense of the verb. knives 是该词的名词复数形式,knifes 是该词的动词现在时第三人称单数形式。
1 N-COUNT 刀 A
knife is a tool for cutting or a weapon and consists of a flat piece of metal with a sharp edge on the end of a handle.
刀 -
...a knife and fork.
一副刀叉
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Two robbers broke into her home, held a knife to her throat and stole her savings.
两个盗贼闯进了她的家,把刀架在她的脖子上,抢走了她的积蓄。
SYN blade, carver, cutter, cutting tool
2 VERB 用刀伤害 To
knife someone means to attack and injure them with a knife.
用刀伤害 [Also VERB n] 3 N-COUNT 手术刀 A surgeon's
knife is a piece of equipment used to cut flesh and organs during operations. It is made of metal and has a very thin sharp edge.
手术刀 4 PHRASE 接受手术;动手术 If you go
under the knife, you have an operation in a hospital.
接受手术;动手术 6 PHRASE 轻而易举;毫无困难 If someone does something
like a knife through butter or
like a hot knife through butter, they do it very easily.
轻而易举;毫无困难 -
Spending by Japanese companies has left them more competitive than companies in other nations. They will be cutting through the competition like a hot knife through butter.
日本公司的支出使得它们比其他国家的公司更具竞争力。它们将在竞争中轻而易举地取胜。
7 PHRASE (紧张的气氛)使人透不过气来 If you have been in a place where there was a very tense atmosphere, you can say that you
could have cut the atmosphere
with a knife.
(紧张的气氛)使人透不过气来 [mainly British] 8 PHRASE 对…磨刀霍霍;对…兴师问罪 If a lot of people want something unpleasant to happen to someone, for example if they want them to lose their job, you can say that
the knives are out for that person.
对…磨刀霍霍;对…兴师问罪 [mainly British] 9 PHRASE 落井下石;往伤口上撒盐 If you
twist the knife or if you
turn the knife in someone's
wound, you do or say something to make an unpleasant situation they are in even more unpleasant.
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