chisel

C1 FREQ #20777 ★☆☆☆☆

n. 凿子 v. 凿, 刻, 雕凿, 欺骗

发音

US /ˈt͡ʃɪzəl/

词形变化

chisels 复数 chiseled chiseling chiselled chiselling chisels 三单 chisels chiseling 现在分词 chiselling 现在分词 chiseled 过去式 chiseled 过去分词 chiselled 过去式 chiselled 过去分词

别名

chesil chissel chessil

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A cutting tool used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by pushing or pounding the back when the sharp edge is against the material. It consists of a slim, oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end and sometimes a handle at the other end; there are hand tool versions (the original type) and versions as bits for power tools.

    凿子

  2. 2.

    A part of any of various tools or devices that has an analogous purpose, cutting raw material or a workpiece during the process that the tool or device performs.

  3. 3.

    A part of any of various tools or devices that has an analogous purpose, cutting raw material or a workpiece during the process that the tool or device performs.

    A part of some ploughs, next to the ploughshare, that helps cut into the soil and deal with obstructions such as rocks, roots, and stems.

    Holonyms: plough, plow < implement

  4. 1.

    Gravel.

    不可数
  5. 2.

    Coarse flour; bran; the coarser part of bran or flour.

    不可数
v. C1
  1. 1.

    To use a chisel.

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To work something with a chisel.

    及物

    She chiselled a sculpture out of the block of wood.

  3. 3.

    To barge in on (something); to intrude on (something).

    过时 及物
  4. 4.

    To make small changes to (something), bit by bit, resulting in change over time.

    比喻 及物

    Laws that protect the environment are being chiseled away.

  5. 5.

    To beg or pressure somebody into giving up (something); to haggle excessively; to cheat; to obtain something from (someone) by cheating.

    及物/不及物 非正式

    He's managed to chisel a couple dollars from somewhere.

    She can always chisel whatever she needs from her father.

    She's always either chiseling or groveling, it seems.

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词源

From Middle English chisel, chesel, from Old Northern French chisel, cisel, from cisoir (with a change in suffix), from Late Latin cīsōrium (“cutting tool”), from Latin caedō (“cut”). Doublet of scissors.

来源:wiktionary