dinner knife

基本解释

If he doesn't request two cubes of sugar, put one and half in his coffee. Saw a thin thread on the cube of sugar by dinner knife, then knock lightly.
如果他沒有特殊要求2塊糖，就在他的咖啡裡要放一塊半方糖，可以先用餐刀鋸一條線然後輕輕砸開。
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The back of the settle and Earnshaw's person interposed between me and him: so instead of endeavouring to reach me, he snatched a dinner knife from the table and flung it at my head.
高背椅子的椅背和恩蕭本人把我和他隔開了；因此他也不想走到我麪前：衹從桌上抓把餐刀往我頭上猛擲過來。
Dinner knife: all entrees except fish.
正餐刀：適用於除了魚之外的所有正菜。

Over the centuries, the knife has taken many other forms from the short and sharp dinner knife.
FORBES: No. 1 The Knife
In 1669, in a bid to cut down on violence, King Louis XIV of France decreed all pointed knives on the street or the dinner table illegal, and ordered all knife points ground down.
FORBES: No. 1 The Knife
As Wilson tells the story, the Cardinal became so agitated one night, observing a dinner guest pick his teeth with the double-edged knife still in use, that he ordered blunt knives for his household.
NEWYORKER: A Fork of One’s Own