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

• 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。
• Then he handed me a razor-sharp ax.
  接着，他递给我一把锋利的斧子。
• Without my ax, I will not be able to earn any money.
  没了我的斧子，我就不能挣钱了。
• With one stroke of his ax, he had cut the tree down.
  他一斧子就砍倒了这棵树。
• He cut a hole through the wall with an ax.
  他用斧子在墙上砍出一个洞。
• Didn't you tell me you used an ax?
  你刚才不是说你用了斧头？
• 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 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。
• 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。
• The ax handle broke one day.
  有一天，斧把断了。