axe

B2 CET-4 大学 FREQ #6669 ★★☆☆☆

n. 斧, 斧头 vt. 削减(人员、经费、计划、机构等)

发音

US /æks/

词形变化

axes 复数 axes 三单 axing 现在分词 axeing 现在分词 axed 过去式 axed 过去分词

别名

ax

释义与例句

n. B2
  1. 1.

    A tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy head flattened to a blade on one side, and a handle attached to it.

    斧头

    斧

    斧子

  2. 2.

    An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle.

    斧头

    斧

    斧子

  3. 3.

    A dismissal or rejection.

    非正式

    His girlfriend/boss/schoolmaster gave him the axe.

  4. 4.

    A drastic reduction or cutback.

    比喻

    the Beeching Axe

    The tractor plant is slated for the axe.

  5. 5.

    A gigging musician's particular instrument, especially a guitar in rock music or a saxophone in jazz.

    俚语 音乐
  6. 6.

    A position, interest, or reason in buying and selling stock, often with ulterior motives.

    商务 金融

    A financial dealer has an axe in a stock that his buyers don't know about, giving him an advantage in making the most profit.

  7. 1.

    The axle of a wheel.

    古体
v.
  1. 1.

    To fell or chop with an axe.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To lay off, terminate or drastically reduce, especially in a rough or ruthless manner; to cancel.

    腰斩

    比喻 及物

    The government announced its plans to axe public spending.

    The broadcaster axed the series because far fewer people than expected watched it.

    He got axed in the last round of firings.

  3. 1.

    To furnish with an axle.

  4. 1.

    Alternative form of ask.

    方言 废旧

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

ax

上位词 1

edge tool

下位词 8

hatchet broadax broadaxe ice ax ice axe piolet poleax poleaxe

部分词 7

blade axehandle axehead axhandle axhead haft helve
动词

同义词 1

ax

上位词 4

end chop hack terminate

相关短语

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词源

From Middle English ax, axe, ex, from Old English æx (“axe”), from Proto-West Germanic *akusi (“axe”), from Proto-Germanic *akwisī (“axe”), probably from a Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷsih₂ (“axe”), from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”). Cognate with Scots aix (“axe”), Dutch aks (“axe”), German Axt (“axe”), Danish økse (“axe”), Faroese and Norwegian øks (“axe”), Icelandic öxi (“axe”), Swedish yxa (“axe”), Latin ascia (“axe, mason's trowel”).

来源：wiktionary