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ax

UK /æks/US /æks/

词源

源自古英语 æx,与古高地德语 ackus、拉丁语 ascia 同源,原始印欧语词根 *ag-(意为'尖锐的')。

noun

❶ 一种带有锋利金属头的工具,通常用于砍伐树木或劈开木材。

“He used an ax to chop firewood for the winter.”

(他用斧头劈柴准备过冬。)

“The lumberjack swung the ax with great force.”

(伐木工人用力挥舞斧头。)

同义词:hatchet, tomahawk, cleaver

verb

❶ 用斧头砍或劈;也比喻突然终止或削减某事物。

“They axed the old tree to make space for construction.”

(他们砍倒了老树为施工腾出空间。)

“The company axed 200 jobs due to budget cuts.”

(由于预算削减,公司裁掉了200个岗位。)

同义词:cut, terminate, eliminate

常见短语

have an ax to grind — 指某人怀有私心或隐藏的动机,通常是为了个人利益而采取行动。

“He pretends to care about the environment, but he really has an ax to grind with the oil companies.”

(他假装关心环境,但实际上他对石油公司别有用心。)

get the ax — 被解雇或终止,通常指工作或项目突然被取消。

“After the merger, half the department got the ax.”

(合并后,部门一半的人被裁掉了。)