chisel
/ˈtʃɪzl/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈtʃɪzl/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈchi-zᵊl/ (ame, mw) · /ˈtʃɪz.əl/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈtʃɪz.əl/ (ame, ipa)
chisel — 名詞
- chiselsingular
- chiselsplural
1. a hand tool whose strong, sharp metal blade is fixed onto a long handle; the car
鑿子
用槌敲擊雕鑿木石的手工具
a hand tool whose strong, sharp metal blade is fixed onto a long handle; the carpenter or sculptor strikes the end of the handle with a hammer to shape pieces of stone, hardwood, or soft metal.
Kenji sharpened the chisel before carving the old oak beam.
Kenji 在雕刻那根老橡木樑之前，先把鑿子磨利。
typical object: wood; sharpened + chisel
The sculptor's chisel slipped, leaving a deep mark on the marble block.
雕刻家的鑿子滑了一下，在大理石塊上留下一道深深的痕跡。
collocation: chisel slipped
Shanti chose a narrow chisel for the delicate lettering on the gravestone.
Shanti 為墓碑上細緻的字體挑了一支窄口鑿子。
A row of chisels hung above the workbench in Cole's garden shed.
Cole 的花園小屋裡，工作檯上方掛著一排鑿子。
Strike the chisel with a wooden mallet, not a steel hammer.
用木槌敲鑿子，不要用鐵鎚。
- gouge
a chisel with a curved blade for hollowing out wood
- carving tool
general term covering chisels and similar shaping tools
文法句型
a chisel
with a chisel
用法筆記
Often paired with a verb of action plus a material: 'with a chisel' shows the instrument; 'into the stone' shows the surface being worked.
常見錯誤
chisel — 動詞
- chiselpresent simple I / you / we / they
- chisels3rd person singular
- chiselling-ing form
- chiseledpast simple
1. to shape, carve, or split a hard material such as wood, stone, or ice by strikin
鑿；雕刻
以鑿子敲擊塑形木石材
to shape, carve, or split a hard material such as wood, stone, or ice by striking it with a chisel.
Élise chiselled her initials into the corner of the old wooden bench.
Élise 在那張老木凳的角落鑿上了自己名字的縮寫。
transitive: chisel something into something
The mason spent three days chiselling the family name onto the headstone.
石匠花了三天，把家族姓氏鑿在墓碑上。
chisel + onto a surface
Dewi carefully chiselled the rough edges off the granite slab.
Dewi 小心地把花崗岩板的粗糙邊緣鑿掉。
Workers chiselled a small statue out of a single block of soapstone.
工人們從一整塊皂石中鑿出了一座小型雕像。
Hiro chiselled away at the frozen lock for almost an hour.
Hiro 對著凍住的鎖鑿了將近一個小時。
文法句型
chisel + object
chisel something out of / from something
chisel + adverb (away, off)
用法筆記
Object is usually the design or letters being cut (initials, a name, a shape), or the material being removed; the surface or source block appears with 'into', 'onto', 'out of', or 'from'.
常見錯誤
2. to obtain money or an advantage from someone by using small tricks, lies, or unf
騙取；揩油
用小手段佔人小便宜或騙錢
to obtain money or an advantage from someone by using small tricks, lies, or unfair shortcuts, usually in amounts the victim may not even notice.
The contractor chiselled Salma out of nearly two thousand dollars on the kitchen renovation.
承包商在廚房裝修上騙了 Salma 將近兩千美元。
chisel someone out of money
Sofia accused her business partner of chiselling on every shared expense.
Sofia 指控生意夥伴在每一筆共同支出上都揩油。
chisel on + noun (informal)
Tourists at the harbour complained that the taxi driver had chiselled them on the fare.
港邊的遊客抱怨那位計程車司機在車資上敲了他們竹槓。
Soraya refused to chisel her elderly neighbour out of the change from the grocery run.
Soraya 拒絕從幫年長鄰居跑腿買菜的找零裡揩油。
Yael discovered that the supplier had been chiselling the company for years through padded invoices.
Yael 發現那家供應商多年來透過浮報發票一直在揩公司的油。
- swindle
stronger; typically larger sums and clearer deception
- cheat
broader and neutral in register; chisel implies petty, sneaky amounts
- shortchange
specifically about giving less than is owed in a transaction
- compensate
to pay someone fairly for what they are owed
文法句型
chisel someone out of something
chisel on something
用法筆記
Informal and chiefly American English; the amounts involved are typically small or sneaky rather than dramatic, which distinguishes it from sense-equivalent verbs like 'defraud'. Often passive or progressive when describing repeated petty cheating.