chisel

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A cutting tool used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by pushing or pounding the back when the sharp edge is against the material. It consists of a slim, oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end and sometimes a handle at the other end; there are hand tool versions (the original type) and versions as bits for power tools.
  2. Gravel. uncountable,usually
  3. A part of any of various tools or devices that has an analogous purpose, cutting raw material or a workpiece during the process that the tool or device performs.
  4. Coarse flour; bran; the coarser part of bran or flour. plural-normally,uncountable,usually
  5. A part of any of various tools or devices that has an analogous purpose, cutting raw material or a workpiece during the process that the tool or device performs.; A part of some ploughs, next to the ploughshare, that helps cut into the soil and deal with obstructions such as rocks, roots, and stems.
    — Holonyms: plough, plow < implement
动词 v.
  1. To use a chisel. intransitive
  2. To work something with a chisel. transitive
    — She chiselled a sculpture out of the block of wood.
  3. To barge in on (something); to intrude on (something). dated,transitive
  4. To make small changes to (something), bit by bit, resulting in change over time. figuratively,transitive
    — Laws that protect the environment are being chiseled away.
  5. To beg or pressure somebody into giving up (something); to haggle excessively; to cheat; to obtain something from (someone) by cheating. ambitransitive,informal
    — He's managed to chisel a couple dollars from somewhere.

词形变化

chisels plural chisels present,singular,third-person chiseling US,participle,present chiselling UK,participle,present chiseled US,participle,past chiseled US,past chiselled UK,participle,past chiselled UK,past chisels plural chesil alternative chissel alternative chessil alternative

词源

词源 1
From Middle English chisel, chesel, from Old Northern French chisel, cisel, from cisoir (with a change in suffix), from Late Latin cīsōrium (“cutting tool”), from Latin caedō (“cut”). Doublet of scissors.
词源 2
From Middle English chisel, chesil, from Old English ċeosol, ċeosel, ċysel, ċisel, ċisil (“gravel, sand”), from Proto-West Germanic *kesul (“small stone, pebble”). See also chessom.
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