chisel

pronunciation

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  • n.
    凿子,錾子
    <俚>诈骗
  • vt.& vi.
    凿,雕
    錾,镌
    欺骗
    钻进

Word Origin

chisel 凿子

来自词根cid, 砍,劈,词源同decide, excise.

Example

1. Later , after he taught me the proper use of hammer and chisel , I began to hollow out the hull .
不一会儿,他就教我使用锤子和凿子,我又开始挖船体。
2. We are like jewels , shaped with the hammer and chisel of adversity .
我们有如宝石,需要经过苦难的锤凿来雕琢。
3. Trembling with fear , they spotted an old man with a hammer and chisel , chipping away at one of the headstones .
浑身颤抖着,他们发现有个老人拿着锤子和凿子,凿一块墓碑。
4. The detective on the phone explained how someone had sprayed a canister of freon into the dead-bolt lock and then tapped the lock with a cold chisel to shatter the cylinder .
侦探在电话里向我演示了某人是如何往弹子门锁里喷罐装气态氟利昂,然后用小凿子把锁头敲碎。
5. The asian effect has driven down even the relative price of simple manufactures : a chisel that cost 3 in 1970 has risen , but to 10 not 25 .
亚洲的影响,甚至压低了简单的制造业产品的相对价格:1970年售价3英镑的凿子,价格涨到了10英镑,而非25英镑。

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