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

• He hacked at a branch with an ax.
  他用斧头砍下了一个树枝。
• 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。
• The Trees and the Ax Once upon a time, a man came into a forest.
  树与斧头从前有一个人进入了森林。
• John's boss gave him the ax last weekend.
  约翰的老板上周末炒了他鱿鱼。
• He cut a hole through the wall with an ax.
  他用斧子在墙上砍出一个洞。
• 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？
• With a swoop of his shining ax the third tree fell.
  他的利斧唰地砍向了小树，第三棵树倒下了。
• She gave Tom the ax last night.
  她昨晚突然跟汤姆断交了。
• The ax handle broke one day.
  有一天，斧把断了。
• 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。