英汉词典

axe 基本解释

• n. 斧
• vt. 削减；用斧砍
• n. (Axe)人名；(瑞典)阿克塞；(英)阿克斯

axe 词态变化

axe 中文词源

词源略。

axe 英文词源

axe

axe: [OE] Relatives of the word axe are widespread throughout the Indo-European languages, from German axt and Dutch aaks to Latin ascia and Greek axínē. These point back to a hypothetical Indo-European *agwesī or *akusī, which denoted some sort of cutting or hewing tool. The Old English form was æx, and there is actually no historical justification for the modern British spelling axe, which first appeared in the late 14th century; as late as 1885 the Oxford English Dictionary made ax its main form, and it remains so in the USA.

axe (n.)

Old English æces (Northumbrian acas) "axe, pickaxe, hatchet," later æx, from Proto-Germanic *akusjo (cognates: Old Saxon accus, Old Norse ex, Old Frisian axe, German Axt, Gothic aqizi), from PIE *agw(e)si- (cognates: Greek axine, Latin ascia).

The spelling ax is better on every ground, of etymology, phonology, and analogy, than axe, which became prevalent during the 19th century; but it is now disused in Britain. [OED]

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The spelling ax, though "better on every ground, of etymology, phonology, & analogy" (OED), is so strange to 20th-c. eyes that it suggests pedantry & is unlikely to be restored. [Fowler]

Meaning "musical instrument" is 1955, originally jazz slang for the saxophone; rock slang for "guitar" dates to 1967. The axe in figurative sense of cutting of anything (expenses, workers, etc.), especially as a cost-saving measure, is from 1922, probably from the notion of the headman's literal axe (itself attested from mid-15c.). To have an axe to grind is from an 1815 essay by U.S. editor and politician Charles Miner (1780-1865) in which a man flatters a boy and gets him to do the chore of axe-grinding for him, then leaves without offering thanks or recompense. Misattributed to Benjamin Franklin in Weekley, OED print edition, and many other sources.

axe (v.)

1670s, "to shape or cut with an axe," from axe (n.). Meaning "to remove, severely reduce," usually figurative, recorded by 1922. Related: Axed; axing.

axe 词组搭配

axe 英文释义

1. an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle

axe 双语例句

1. Then the woodcutter let his axe fly— Thwack! Everyone heard it.

然后那个伐木工脱手甩出了斧头。哐！每个人都听见了。

来自柯林斯例句

2. St Bartholomew's is one of four London hospitals facing the axe.

圣巴塞洛缪医院是伦敦4个面临关闭的医院之一。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Up to 300 workers are facing the axe at a struggling Merseyside firm.

艰苦挣扎的默西赛德公司有多达300名工人面临被解雇。

来自《权威词典》

4. He fell the tree with a dozen blows of his axe.

他十几斧头就把树砍倒了.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. The axe is too blunt to cut down the tree.

斧头太钝,砍不倒树.

来自《简明英汉词典》

axe 实用场景例句

Patients are delighted their local hospital has been saved from the axe.

病人高兴的是当地医院得以免遭关闭。

牛津词典

She had no axe to grind and was only acting out of concern for their safety.

她毫无私心，这样做只是出于对他们安全的担心。

牛津词典

Other less profitable services are to be axed later this year.

其他盈利较少的服务项目预定今年稍晚将大量削减。

牛津词典

Jones has been axed from the team.

琼斯已被开除出队。

牛津词典

Up to 300 workers are facing the axe at a struggling Merseyside firm.

艰苦挣扎的默西赛德公司有多达300名工人面临被解雇。

牛津词典

St Bartholomew's is one of four London hospitals facing the axe.

圣巴塞洛缪医院是伦敦4个面临关闭的医院之一。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He seems like a decent bloke and I've got no axe to grind with him.

他看上去像是个正派的家伙，而且我对他没有任何企图。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Community projects are being axed by hard-pressed social services departments.

处于困境的社会服务部门被迫砍掉社区项目。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He is working in the mountains with an axe.

他带着斧凿上山干活去了.

期刊摘选

Jack swung the axe and with one blow split open the door.

杰克挥动着斧子一下就把门劈开了.

辞典例句

Brog put the bag on the ground and put his axe on top pf it.

布罗格把包放到地上然后把斧子放到包的上面.

期刊摘选

Suddenly his old axe slipped from his hand and fell into the deep water.

突然,他的旧斧子从手中滑落,掉进了深水中.

期刊摘选

The traveler had to fight his way through the tropical forest with an axe.

探险者靠一把斧头奋力穿过热带雨林.

《简明英汉词典》

The burglar wielded an axe.

夜贼挥动着一把斧头.

期刊摘选

He took a swing at the tree with his axe.

他挥斧砍树.

期刊摘选

He fell the tree with a dozen blows of his axe.

他十几斧头就把树砍倒了.

《简明英汉词典》

Martin at him, but he seized the axe and added it to the flying circle.

马丁向乔一斧砍去, 却叫他夺走了斧头,也扔进了飞旋的行列.

期刊摘选

The woodcutters axe begged for its handle from the tree. The tree gave it.

樵夫的斧头,问树要斧柄. 树便给了他.

期刊摘选

The axe is too blunt to cut down the tree.

斧头太钝,砍不倒树.

《简明英汉词典》

The edge of this axe has turned.

这把斧子卷了刃了.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

He looks like he's got an axe to grind. Better have a talk with him.

他看来是牢骚满腹, 你最好找他谈谈.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

The chancellor bluntly warned the Cabinet to axe public spending or face higher taxes.

大臣直接警告内阁要么大幅削减公共开支,要么加税.

《简明英汉词典》

This stone axe is a relic of ancient times.

这石斧是古代的遗物.

《简明英汉词典》

Be careful with that sharp axe.

那把斧子很锋利,你要当心.

《简明英汉词典》

Clang, clang goes the woodman's axe.

伐木丁丁.

《现代汉英综合大词典》