axe 〔美国〕ax n. ( pl. axes ) 1.斧。 2.战斧;(刽子手的)砍头斧。 3.〔美俚〕任何一种乐器。 get the axe 1. 被解雇,被开除(学籍)。 2. (求爱等)被拒绝。 3. 被杀头。 hang up one's axe 1. 放弃无益的计划。 2. 洗手不干;退休。 have an axe to grind 〔美国〕别有企图,有私心。 lay the axe to the root of 动手消灭…。 put the axe in the helve 解谜,大刀阔斧解决难题。 send the axe after the helve [hatchet] 吃了亏还要做,坚持做没有指望的事。 set the axe to 动手砍倒[破坏]。 the axe (经费的)大削减,彻底减少。 vt. 1.用斧砍。 2.大刀阔斧地削减(经费等)。
He struck off the rotten branches with an axe . 他用斧头砍掉了朽烂的树枝。
He learned to strap himself tightly to the chair to keep his body anchored while he wielded an axe or a mallet . 干活时,他把自己绑在轮椅上,以便在挥动斧头或木槌时使身体保持稳定。
After he had squared up miles of forest in a half-hour, he would take an axe head and tie a long rope to it . 他半小时内就能做好砍伐树林的准备工作,然后,总是把神斧系在一根长绳上。
Padraic knew where frank was, because he could hear the steady clocking of an axe from the direction of the woodheap . 帕德莱克知道弗兰克在哪里,因为他能听见从柴堆方向传来的沉稳的斧声。
At the end of the indenture, the laborer was given a rifle, an axe and a bag of corn, and went off to make his own farm in the wilderness . 契约期满后工人只得到一只枪,一把斧头和一袋粮食,然后离开,到荒原中去建立自己的农场。
Do they have an axe to grind ? is it you , sir 他们是不是别有用心?是你吗?先生
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。
He received an axe after doing penance for shiva 他为湿婆作了忏悔后获得一把斧头。
He struck off the rotten branches with an axe 他用斧头砍掉了朽烂的树枝