[C]斧子 a tool with a wooden handle an a heavy metal blade, used for chopping wood, cutting down trees, etc.
[S](遭)解雇; 倒闭; 被停业 (informal)if sb gets the axe, they lose their job; if an institution or a project gets the axe, it is closed or stopped, usually because of a lack of money
v. (动词)
vt. 用斧把…砍死 kill sb with an axe
vt. 解雇; 开除 remove sb from their job
vt. 精简; 削减 get rid of a service, system, etc. or to reduce the money spent on it by a large amount
英英释义
Noun:
an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
Verb:
chop or split with an ax;
"axe wood"
terminate;
"The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it"
axe的用法和样例:
例句
用作名词 (n.)
The heavy axe was awkward to use. 这把重斧头不好用。
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。
A lot of people in shipbuilding will get the axe. 造船业的很多人将被解雇。
Patients are delighted their local hospital has been saved from the axe. 病人高兴的是当地医院获挽救免遭关闭。