axe
noun[C]
(USalsoax)uk/æks/us/æks/atoolthat has aheavyironorsteelbladeat the end of alongwoodenhandle, used forcuttingwood:
斧，斧子Julian used an axe tochopdown theoldappletree.朱利安用斧子砍倒了那棵老苹果树。
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the axe(USalsothe ax)
thesituationin which someonelosestheirjob:
解雇；裁员；开除Over 500staffarefacingthe axe.500多位员工面临被解雇的命运。
get the axe(USalsoget the ax)
When aservice,plan, etc. gets the axe, it isstoppedorpreventedfromhappening:
（业务、计划等）被取消，被撤销，被砍掉Religiousprogrammeswill be the first to get the axe if she's put inchargeof thestation.如果她负责电台工作，宗教节目将首先被砍掉。
Tools
- -pronged
- adjustable spanner
- adze
- Allen key
- auger
- awl
- excavator
- gouge
- grapnel
- grappling iron
- grindstone
- guillotine
- hacksaw
- plunger
- rasp
- razor knife
- reamer
- sander
- sandpaper
- trowel
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Idiom
have an axe to grind
axe
verb[T]
(USalsoax)uk/æks/us/æks/toreduceservices,jobs,payments, etc. a lot orcompletelywithoutwarningor in asingleaction:
（突然）裁减，撤销，取消，砍掉Because of therecessionthecompanyis to axe 350jobs.因为经济不景气，公司将裁员350人。
The TVserieswill be axedowingto adeclineinpopularity.因为收视率下降，这部电视连续剧会被砍掉。
Becoming and making smaller or less
- abridgment
- attenuate
- attenuated
- attenuating
- attenuation
- boil
- damp
- falling-off
- foreshorten
- foreshortened
- go through the flooridiom
- haircut
- lessen
- runsomeone/somethingdown
- rundown
- sag
- salami slicing
- scalesomethingdown
- shave
- telescope