ax

英 [æks]

美 [æks]

v.  （经费、人员等的）削减
n.  斧头

现在分词：axing　复数：axes　第三人称单数：axes　过去式：axed　过去分词：axed　

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BNC.28327 / COCA.11322

英英释义

noun

• an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
  Synonym:axe

verb

• terminate
  1. The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it
  Synonym:axe
• chop or split with an ax
  1. axe wood
  Synonym:axe

双语例句

• Tom has just borrowed the ax; he is going to chop some wood.
  汤姆刚借来了斧子，他准备劈一些木材。
• He had an ax brought to him and cut down the tree, but no one was in it.
  预算于是，他要人去拿来一柄斧子，把树砍倒了一看，树上根本没有人。
• Is that before or after I hit you with my ax?
  那是在我的斧头砸到你之前还是之后呢？
• He whittled a new handle for his ax
  他给斧头削了一个新把手。
• Whenever he flatters your generosity, he will certainly have an ax to grind.
  每当他赞扬你的激动慷慨大方大方时，他就一定要有什么目的了。
• Hermes did not give him back not only the gold ax but also his own.
  赫尔墨斯不仅没把金斧子给他，连他原来那把斧子也没给他。
• He found a piece of wood and hit it with his ax.
  他找到了一块木头，就开始用斧头砍。
• But I'm afraid she'll take that as a sign of laziness and give me the ax.
  但我担心她会认为我有怠惰之嫌而炒我鱿鱼。
• He hacked at a branch with an ax.
  他用斧头砍下了一个树枝。
• Be sure to take hold of the handle of an ax when you chop things with it.
  你用斧头砍东西时，一定要握住斧把。