adze

IPA/ædz/
IPA/ædz/

adze — 名詞

  • adzesingular
  • adzesplural

1. A simple cutting tool used in woodworking. An adze has a curved metal blade fixe

1.名詞C1
釋義

扁斧

木工用的扁形刮削工具

A simple cutting tool used in woodworking. An adze has a curved metal blade fixed at a right angle across the end of a long handle, and the user swings it down to slice off thin layers of wood as they shape a surface.

例句

Padma found her grandfather's old adze and used it to smooth the wooden tabletop.

Padma 找到了祖父的老扁斧，用來把木桌桌面刨平。

noun phrase: 'grandfather's old adze' with possessive

The carpenter picked up the adze and carved a deep groove into the oak beam.

木匠拿起扁斧，在橡木樑上鑿出一道深深的凹槽。

action sequence: 'picked up the adze and carved'

常見搭配
  • sharp adze
  • old adze
  • steel adze
  • use an adze
  • swing an adze
  • sharpen an adze
  • adze blade
  • adze handle
同義詞
  • axe

    General chopping tool with blade aligned with the handle, used for felling or splitting; an adze has a perpendicular blade for smoothing.

  • hatchet

    Small, one-handed chopping tool used for light splitting; an adze is swung in a different motion for shaping, not chopping.

文法句型

countable noun

用法筆記

Countable tool name. Often modified by a material or origin adjective (e.g. 'steel adze', 'shipwright's adze').

常見錯誤

He cut down the tree with an adze.
He cut down the tree with an axe.
An adze is for shaping wood, not for felling trees; axes have the blade aligned with the handle for chopping.

同根字

  • adzelike
    形容詞C2

常見搭配

名詞搭配

常用片語

  • swing of an adze
  • blade of an adze
  • cut with an adze