dagger
n
1 short pointed two-edged knife used as a weapon 短劍; 匕首. =>illus at knife 見knife之插圖.
2 printer's mark () used to refer the reader to a footnote, etc 劍號(即+ , 用以指示讀者參看腳注的印刷符號).
3 (idm 習(xí)語) at daggers drawn (with sb) very hostile (towards sb) (對某人)劍拔弩張
She's at daggers drawn with her colleagues. 她與同事們水火不相容.
He and his partner are at daggers drawn. 他和伙伴勢不兩立. look daggers at sb look very angrily at sb 對某人怒目而視
He looked daggers at me when I told him he was lazy. 我說他懶惰, 他就狠狠地瞪了我一眼. Cf 參看 cloak-and-dagger (cloak).