詞語:ax
ax是什麼意思
簡明英漢詞典
ax
[Aks]
n.
斧頭
vt.
削減
美國傳統詞典[雙解]
ax
ax 或 axe
AHD:[2ks]
D.J.[#ks]
K.K.[#ks]
n.(名詞)
【複數】 ax.es[2k「s1z]
(1)A tool with a bladed, usually heavy head mounted crosswise on a handle, used for felling trees or chopping wood.
斧:一種帶刀片的工具,一般重的一頭十字交叉地安置在一個把手上,經常用來伐樹或砍木頭
(2)Any of various bladed, hand-held implements used as a cutting tool or weapon.
砍伐工具:任何一種有刀口的,可以手握的器具,用於砍伐的工具或武器
(3)Informal A sudden termination of employment:
【非正式用語】 解雇:職業的突然終止:
My colleague got the ax yesterday.
我的同事昨天被解雇了
(4)Slang A musical instrument, especially a guitar.
【俚語】 吉他:樂器,特別指吉他
v.tr.(及物動詞)
axed, ax.ing, ax.es
(1)To use a heavy, bladed cutting implement in order to chop or fell (something).
用斧砍:使用沉重的帶刀口的砍伐器具砍或者砍倒(某物)
(2)Informal To remove ruthlessly or suddenly:
【非正式用語】 削減,刪減:無情地或突然地去除:
a social program that was axed to effectuate budget cuts.
為實現預算削減而被無情去除的社會項目
習慣用語
ax to grind
A selfish or subjective aim:
自私企圖,個人打算:自私或主觀的目的:
He claimed to be disinterested, but I knew he had an ax to grind.
他宣稱無私利,但我知道他另有企圖
語源
(1)Middle English
中古英語
(2)from Old English ?x
源自 古英語 ?x
註釋
To understand the origin of the idiom ax to grind, we need to know that grind means 「to sharpen.」 This phrase is said to have come from a story by the 19th-century journalist Charles Miner (alias Poor Robert) about a seemingly friendly man who was able by flattery to persuade a young boy to turn a grindstone for him. The tale first appeared in the Luzerne, Pennsylvania, Federalist on September 7, 1810, under the title 「Who'll Turn Grindstones?」 and later in an 1815 book entitled Essays from the Desk of Poor Robert the Scribe. Because 「Poor Robert」 was confused with 「Poor Richard,」 the story has often been erroneously attributed to Benjamin Franklin. The idiom itself is an Americanism—a word or expression originating in the United States. It was at first restricted to political contexts, but quotations from James Joyce (「Skin-the-Goat . . . evidently with an axe to grind, was airing his grievances」) and George Bernard Shaw (「distinguished statesmen of different nations . . . each with a national axe to grind」) attest that the phrase has traveled abroad and, as we know only too well, is no longer found only in political contexts.
為了理解成語ax to grind 的出處, 我們需要知道grind 意思是「磨尖」。 這個短語據說出自19世紀旅行家查爾斯·麥納(別名窮羅伯特)所寫的關於一個似乎很友善的人的故事,他能夠奉承地勸說一名男孩為他翻過一塊磨光石。這個傳說第一次出現在1810年9月7日賓夕法尼亞州的盧澤恩,在1810年9月7日題為「誰將推翻磨石」的聯邦制擁護者 中提到, 之後1815年又在名為作家窮·羅伯特文集 一書中提到。 因為「poor Robert和"poor Richard」易被弄混淆,這個故事經常被錯誤地認為是本傑明·弗蘭克林創作的。這個成語本身是美國式的詞或表達源於美國。一開始被限於在政治性言詞的情況中使用,但是從以下的引文表明這個短語已廣泛地傳播,一個是引於詹姆斯·瓊斯(「這個顯然別有企圖的披著人皮的狼,正在訴苦」), 另一個引自喬治·伯納德·肖(「辨認出不同國家的人…每個國家都有自己國家的打算」), 正如我們所熟知的,它不再是只在政治性的言辭上下文之間才可以找到的
現代英漢詞典
ax
[Aks]
n.
axes
斧子
習慣用語
get the ax
砍掉,削減(計劃或人員)
have an ax to grind
別有企圖
詞性變化
ax
vt.
axed, axing
(1)削減
(2)突然解雇
It is said that another 350 jobs were axed by the company yesterday
據說該 公司昨天又裁員三百五十名。
(3)砍掉(計劃)
[七國語言]英漢公共大詞典
ax
斧子
美國傳統詞典
ax
ax or axe
AHD:[2ks]
D.J.[#ks]
K.K.[#ks]
n.
pl. ax.es[2k「s1z]
(1)A tool with a bladed, usually heavy head mounted crosswise on a handle, used for felling trees or chopping wood.
(2)Any of various bladed, hand-held implements used as a cutting tool or weapon.
(3)Informal A sudden termination of employment:
My colleague got the ax yesterday.
(4)Slang A musical instrument, especially a guitar.
v.tr.
axed, ax.ing, ax.es
(1)To use a heavy, bladed cutting implement in order to chop or fell (something).
(2)Informal To remove ruthlessly or suddenly:
a social program that was axed to effectuate budget cuts.
習慣用語
ax to grind
A selfish or subjective aim:
He claimed to be disinterested, but I knew he had an ax to grind.
語源
(1)Middle English
(2)from Old English ?x
註釋
To understand the origin of the idiom ax to grind, we need to know that grind means 「to sharpen.」 This phrase is said to have come from a story by the 19th-century journalist Charles Miner (alias Poor Robert) about a seemingly friendly man who was able by flattery to persuade a young boy to turn a grindstone for him. The tale first appeared in the Luzerne, Pennsylvania, Federalist on September 7, 1810, under the title 「Who'll Turn Grindstones?」 and later in an 1815 book entitled Essays from the Desk of Poor Robert the Scribe. Because 「Poor Robert」 was confused with 「Poor Richard,」 the story has often been erroneously attributed to Benjamin Franklin. The idiom itself is an Americanism—a word or expression originating in the United States. It was at first restricted to political contexts, but quotations from James Joyce (「Skin-the-Goat . . . evidently with an axe to grind, was airing his grievances」) and George Bernard Shaw (「distinguished statesmen of different nations . . . each with a national axe to grind」) attest that the phrase has traveled abroad and, as we know only too well, is no longer found only in political contexts.
英漢船舶大詞典
ax
n.手斧
朗文英漢綜合電腦詞典
AX
= Accumulator,【80X86】(16位)累加器(一種通用寄存器); = Authorization Index, 授權目錄
英漢化學大詞典
ax
n.軸,軸線,脂肪
英漢機械大詞典
ax
n.斧
英漢農牧林大詞典
ax
n.斧
航空英語縮寫詞典
AX
Access Authorized 授權維護
基本詞義
AX
longitudinal Acceleration 縱向加速度
基本詞義
AX
Axis 軸
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