Stiletto
[stɪ'letəʊ] or [stɪ'lɛto]
解釋/意思:
(n.) A kind of dagger with a slender, rounded, and pointed blade.
(n.) A pointed instrument for making eyelet holes in embroidery.
(n.) A beard trimmed into a pointed form.
(v. t.) To stab or kill with a stiletto.
編輯:洛娜
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Dagger, dirk, poniard.[2]. Bodkin.
艾布拉姆編輯
解釋/意思:
n. a dagger with a slender and narrow blade: a pointed instrument for making eyelet-holes:—pl. Stilett′os.—v.t. to stab with a stiletto:—pr.p. stilett′oing; pa.t. and pa.p. stilett′oed.
編輯:凯利
例句/造句/用法:
- He has an English frame, but, apparently, not an English mind--you would say, an Italian stiletto in a sheath of British workmanship. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Does my lord carry bravos for couriers, and stilettos in the fourgons? 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- The round eyes, eager gaze, the piping voice which enunciated the words, had operated like stilettos on his brain. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
校對:马蒂