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chisel

/chiz-uhl/US // ˈtʃɪz əl //UK // (ˈtʃɪzəl) //

凿子,凿岩,凿开,凿

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
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    • : a wedgelike tool with a cutting edge at the end of the blade, often made of steel, used for cutting or shaping wood, stone, etc.
    • : chisel plow.
    • : Astronomy. the constellation Caelum.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    chis·eled, chis·el·ing or chis·elled, chis·el·ling.

    • : to cut, shape, or fashion by or as if by carving with a chisel.
    • : to cheat or swindle: He chiseled me out of fifty dollars.
    • : to get by cheating or trickery: He chiseled fifty dollars out of me.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    chis·eled, chis·el·ing or chis·elled, chis·el·ling.

    • : to work with a chisel.
    • : to trick; cheat.

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Examples

  • First, researchers must use hammers and chisels to break off pieces of packrat tar.

  • Their tools included a chisel and a green plastic rake that Péray had appropriated from his children’s sandcastle equipment.

  • Before modern machinery, sledgehammers, wedges and chisels were the only tools available.

  • A compact ice chisel should always be a part of your backpacking gearThe best ice pick for backpacking trips should have a foldable, portable design or be part of a set of foldable tools that are both durable and lightweight.

  • Stick to the basics and get a toolbox that includes a good utility knife or rotary cutter, a diamond chisel, a scratch awl, needles, and thread.

  • She also was handy, hammering nails into walls and using a heat gun to chisel glue off the floor.

  • Ben Affleck can be an adequately chisel-jawed buffoon in spandex.

  • You get  two to three hours in a little studio to chisel away.

  • He stood up, crowbar in hand, and inserted the chisel blade of the implement between the edge of the door and the doorcase.

  • The round form of many of the latter is especially remarkable: they almost seem to have been cut out with a chisel.

  • At length, it was proposed by Dan Tyron to send for the stone cutter, and get him to cut them out of the wall with a chisel.

  • Jones then went aft to a locker near the stern, whence he returned with a mallet and chisel, and went below.

  • And sometimes they used the broad end of the brow antler instead of a stone chisel.