English Dictionary

cleaver

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈklivɚ/

名詞

固有名詞 比喩的用法

A squarish, heavy knife used by butchers for hacking through bones, etc. / (music, Bahamas) A type of clave, or rhythm stick, a concussive musical instrument used in traditional Bahamian music.

日本語の意味

肉屋が骨などを切断するために使用する、角ばった重くて大きな包丁。 / （音楽、バハマ）伝統的なバハマ音楽で使われる、リズムスティックの一種。

The butcher swung the cleaver with practiced ease, splitting the frozen joint cleanly.

肉屋は熟練の手つきで肉切り包丁を振り下ろし、凍った肉の塊をきれいに割った。

意味（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:...

意味（2）

(music, Bahamas) A type of clave, or rhythm stick, a concussive musical instrument used in traditional Bahamian music.

意味（3）

(metaphoric) The act of eliminating someone or something, especially when done by someone with a history of other eliminations; a dismissal, rejection, or removal.

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.

cleavers （ plural ）