| 英语单词 | ax |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [æks] 美 [æks] |
| 中文释义 | n.斧子;解雇;(吉他等)乐器 vt.用斧砍;<口>解雇;削减 abbr.公理(=axiom) abbr.轴线(=axis) |
| 英语例句 | (1) He hacked the box apart with the ax. (2) The man cleft a block of wood in two with an ax. (3) My colleague got the ax yesterday. (4) Five hundred jobs were axed as a result of government spending cuts. (5) After several months the project was axed by the government. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 他用斧头把盒子劈开。 (2) 那人用斧头把一块木头劈成两半。 (3) 我的同事昨天被解雇了 (4) 由于政府缩减经费的缘故,有五百人被突然解雇了。 (5) 数月後政府中止了该项工程。 |
| vocabulary简明 | An ax is a sharp tool for cutting wood. When you split logs, you hold the handle, swing the ax into the air, and let the blade fall on the wood. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Most axes have a long wooden handle connected to a blade made of sharpened steel. An ax is a useful tool to own if you have a wood stove or are building a campfire. You can also spell the word with an e at the end: axe. As a verb, to ax means to fire someone from a job: "He was late so many times that I finally had to ax him." |
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