
axe
美[æks] 英[æks]
n. 斧;解雇;倒闭
vt. 用斧砍;解雇;大量削减
详细释义
n.(名词)- 斧,斧子
- 战斧,砍头斧,刽子手的斧
- <口>解雇,人员裁减
- (机构等的)撤销,砍除,砍掉
- (计划等的)取消
- (经费的)大幅度削减
- <美俚>乐器(尤指管乐器和吉他),表演者的乐器
v.(动词)- 砍,用斧砍
- 用斧把…砍死
- 大量削减,大刀阔斧地削减,精简
- 解雇,开除,裁减
- 切掉,割掉
- 去掉,消除,除去,摆脱
- 取消(计划等)
双解释义
n.(名词)- [C]斧子 a tool with a wooden handle an a heavy metal blade, used for chopping wood, cutting down trees, etc.
- [S](遭)解雇; 倒闭; 被停业 (informal)if sb gets the axe, they lose their job; if an institution or a project gets the axe, it is closed or stopped, usually because of a lack of money
v.(动词)- vt. 用斧把…砍死 kill sb with an axe
- vt. 解雇; 开除 remove sb from their job
- vt. 精简; 削减 get rid of a service, system, etc. or to reduce the money spent on it by a large amount
英英释义
Noun- an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
Verb- chop or split with an ax;
"axe wood"
- terminate;
"The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it"
组词搭配
动词+~- apply the axe to nonproductive expenditures削减非生产性开支
- get the axe被斩首,被解雇,(计划等)被取消
- grind an axe磨斧头
- have an axe to grind有自私企图
- lay the axe to the root of着手根除
- put the axe in the helve解决难题; 得出正确结论
- send the axe after the helve为指望收回烂账又借出钱; 想捞回损失反而损失更大; 孤注一掷
- set the axe to着手砍倒
- swing an axe挥舞斧子
- wield an axe挥动斧子
- hang up one's axe退休
形容词+~- broad axe板斧
- heavy axe大斧子
例句
用作名词(n.)- The heavy axe was awkward to use.这把重斧头不好用。
- The man cleft a block of wood in two with an axe.那人用斧头把一块木头劈成两半。
- A lot of people in shipbuilding will get the axe.造船业的很多人将被解雇。
- Patients are delighted their local hospital has been saved from the axe.病人高兴的是当地医院获挽救免遭关闭。
用作及物动词(vt.)- Jones has been axed from the team.琼斯已被开除出队。
- School grants are to be axed next year.学校补助金明年将大大削减。
- We should axe nonproductive expenditures.我们应该大力削减非生产性开支。
词语用法
n.(名词)axe的基本意思是“斧子”,用于比喻可指“(遭)解雇; (被)撤销; (被)停业”等。 axe在美式英语中常写作ax。
v.(动词)axe用作动词的基本意思是“用斧把…砍死”,用于比喻可表示“开除; 解雇”“精简(机构); 大量削减(经费)”等。 axe是及物动词,接简单宾语,可用于被动语态。