Chisel



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 凿子; v.凿; 欺骗
• ［英］ v.凿; 欺骗 ( swindle or cheat)
• ［类］ brush : painting / chisel : sculpture ( 画笔是画画的工具 / 凿子是雕刻的工具)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French *chisel, cisel, from Vulgar Latin *cisellum, alteration of caesellum, from Latin caesus, past participle of caedere to cut
• Date: 14th century
• a metal tool with a sharpened edge at one end used to chip, carve, or cut into a solid material (as wood, stone, or metal)

II. verb (-eled or -elled; -eling or chiselling)

• Date: 1509
• transitive verb
  • 1. to cut or work with or as if with a chisel
  • 2. to employ shrewd or unfair practices on in order to obtain one's end; also to obtain by such practices <chisel a job
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to work with or as if with a chisel
  • 2.
    • a. to employ shrewd or unfair practices
    • b. to thrust oneself ; intrude <chisel in on a racket
• ? chiseler or chiseller noun

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