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

• 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？
• 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。
• John's boss gave him the ax last weekend.
  约翰的老板上周末炒了他鱿鱼。
• 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。
• With one stroke of his ax, he had cut the tree down.
  他一斧子就砍倒了这棵树。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He hacked at a branch with an ax.
  他用斧头砍下了一个树枝。
• 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。