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shiv noun[ C ] slang(alsochiv)uk /ʃɪv/ us /ʃɪv/ a knife or other sharp or pointed object used as a weapon, often one that is homemade: (尤指自制的、用作武器的)刀,锐器 Most often, shivs are used to conduct the business of gangs.最常见的,就是用刀子进行帮派生意。 They still might stick a shiv in your abdomen.他们还可能在你的肚子上插把刀。 See also
shanknoun(KNIFE) Her eyes fell on the shiv that he held lightly in his hand. Hundreds of inmates took up shivs and shanks fashioned from broken wooden chapel benches and steel bed frames. Most prisons serve chicken patties because the bones in pieces of chicken can be sharpened into a "shiv". SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Hand weapons basket hilt battleaxe bayonet blowgun blowpipe double-edged sword falchion flick knife goad haft halberd rapier recurve rocket-propelled grenade RPG sabre scabbard trident two-edged unfond shiv verb[ T ] slang(alsochiv)uk /ʃɪv/ us /ʃɪv/-vv- to attack someone with a shiv: 用刀(或其他自制锐器)袭击 Judith gets shivved in a drug deal. 朱迪思在一次毒品交易中被捅了一刀。 The court was told that after knifing the teenager, the attacker taunted him, saying “What's it like being shivved?” 法庭被告知,在用刀砍伤少年后,袭击者还用嘲讽的口吻说:"被刀砍是什么感觉?" They can't imagine that he would shiv them in the back. He will have over a hundred years' good behaviour because it's hard to shiv anybody while you are dead. |