axed
被砍掉,被砍掉的,斧头,被砍的
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Definitions
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plural ax·es [ak-siz]. /ˈæk sɪz/.
- : an instrument with a bladed head on a handle or helve, used for hewing, cleaving, chopping, etc.
- : Jazz Slang. any musical instrument.
- : the ax, Informal. dismissal from employment: to get the ax.expulsion from school.rejection by a lover, friend, etc.: His girlfriend gave him the ax.any usually summary removal or curtailment.
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axed, ax·ing.
- : to shape or trim with an ax.
- : to chop, split, destroy, break open, etc., with an ax: The firemen had to ax the door to reach the fire.
- : Informal. to dismiss, restrict, or destroy brutally, as if with an ax: The main office axed those in the field who didn't meet their quota. Congress axed the budget.
Phrases
- ax to grind
- get the ax
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Marlow: I think that season finale episodes are tough, and a few of those threads definitely should have been axed.
In fact, he has axed the sub-group of the project that was slated to work on the cognitive level.
It was bad enough that veterans, theatre critic Michael Feingold and food critic Robert Sietsema were both axed.
Since May 2010, the public sector has axed 1.125 million jobs.
Fox also axed Dick Morris, who repeatedly predicted that Mitt Romney would beat Obama in an electoral landslide.
He knows I've got a still over hyeh as well as you do—an' he's never axed a question nor peeped an eye.
I made-b'lieve as you were to be tried next week, and I axed him to come to the trial.
I'm goin' to-neet, because I dunnot want to be axed questions.
"Oh, I fort yu axed dat ar boy who made him," she answered with a broad smile.
I axed master, if soe bee he knowed sitch a man as one Captain Tomlinson?