单词 | hew |
释义 | hew /hjw; hju/ vt, vi (pt hewed, pp hewed or hewn) /hju: n; hjun/ [VP6A, 15A, B, 2A, C] 1 cut (by striking or chopping); aim cutting blows (at, among): 砍; 伐; 劈; 砍向(与 at, among 连用): hew down a branch. 砍下一树枝。 He hewed his enemy to pieces, eg with his sword. 他将敌人劈成数段(例如用剑)。 2 shape by chopping: 砍成某种形状: hewn timber, roughly shaped by hewing. 粗劈的木材。 3 make by hard work: 幸苦做成: hew one's way through dense jungle, cut out and beat a path; 在浓密的森林里开辟一条路; hew out a career for oneself. 艰苦地创一番事业。 hewer n person who hews, esp a man who cuts out coal in a mine: 砍伐者; (尤指)采煤夫: hewers of wood and drapers of water, persons doing hard menial work. 劈柴挑水的人。(功 Josh 9: 21.)(参看圣经约书亚记第 9 章第 21 节。) |
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