shiv
noun [ C ] slang (also chiv) uk/ʃɪv/ us/ʃɪv/
（尤指自制的、用作武器的）刀，锐器
a knife or other sharp or pointed object used as a weapon, often one that is homemade
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: shank noun (KNIFE)
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- 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".
shiv
verb [ T ] slang (also chiv) uk/ʃɪv/ us/ʃɪv/ -vv-
用刀（或其他自制锐器）袭击
to attack someone with a shiv
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？"
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- 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.