If you call someone hatchet-faced, you are saying their face is long, thin, and sharp, as if the bones were cut with a hatchet — a narrow jaw, a hard line of a nose, little softness in the cheeks. It is about shape, not about whether the person is cruel or angry.

If you call someone hatchet-faced如果你說一個人hatchet-faced，斧頭臉, you are saying their face is long, thin, and sharp你是說他的臉又長又瘦又稜角分明, as if the bones were cut with a hatchet好像骨頭是用斧頭削出來的一樣 —— a narrow jaw窄窄的下巴, a hard line of a nose一條硬挺的鼻樑線, little softness in the cheeks臉頰幾乎沒什麼軟乎乎的地方. It它 is about shape講的是臉的形狀, not about whether the person is cruel or angry不是說這個人殘忍或生氣.

Though actually, writers often hang the word on a character they want you to find a little frightening or hungry-looking, so the unkind feeling travels with it. You meet it in books more than in kind conversation.

Though actually不過事實上, writers作家 often hang the word on a character常常把這個字用在一個角色身上 they want you to find a little frightening or hungry-looking他們想讓你覺得這個角色有點嚇人或看起來很飢渴的樣子, so the unkind feeling travels with it所以這個字也帶著一點不友善的感覺. You你 meet it in books more than in kind conversation在書裡看到的機會比在親切的對話裡多.

It is old-fashioned now, a little literary, and it lands as a cold description. You would not say it to a classmate’s face unless you meant to sting.

It它 is old-fashioned now現在算是老派用法, a little literary也有點文學性, and it lands as a cold description讀起來是一種冷冷的形容. You你 would not say it to a classmate’s face不會當著同學的面這樣說 unless you meant to sting除非你就是想刺傷對方.