cleaver

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /ˈklivɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A squarish, heavy knife used by butchers for hacking through bones, etc.
    — When he came to Nottingham, he entered that part of the market where butchers stood, and took up his inn in the best place he could find. Next, he opened his stall and spread his meat upon the bench, then, taking his cleaver and steel and clattering them together, he trolled aloud in merry tones:...
  2. A Paleolithic biface.
  3. A type of clave, or rhythm stick, a concussive musical instrument used in traditional Bahamian music. Bahamas
  4. The act of eliminating someone or something, especially when done by someone with a history of other eliminations; a dismissal, rejection, or removal. figuratively
    — Conte has broken the mould further with the suggestion he might escape the Abramovich cleaver, becoming the first of his line to leave by his own volition.
  5. A type of oar blade with an asymmetric, mostly rectangular shape that resembles a cleaving knife.
  6. A line segment that bisects the perimeter of a triangle and has one endpoint at the midpoint of one of the triangle's three sides.

词形变化

cleavers plural

词汇关系

相关词
cleave pole cleaver

词源

From Middle English clevere, equivalent to cleave + -er.
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