incise

verb

/ɪnˈsaɪz/

[often passive] (formal)

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they incise	/ɪnˈsaɪz/ /ɪnˈsaɪz/
he / she / it incises	/ɪnˈsaɪzɪz/ /ɪnˈsaɪzɪz/
past simple incised	/ɪnˈsaɪzd/ /ɪnˈsaɪzd/
past participle incised	/ɪnˈsaɪzd/ /ɪnˈsaɪzd/
-ing form incising	/ɪnˈsaɪzɪŋ/ /ɪnˈsaɪzɪŋ/

to cut words, designs, etc. into a surface（在表面）雕，刻；切入
- A is incised in/on/onto B The letters were incised in stone.这些字母被刻在石头上。
- B is incised with A The stone was incised with letters.石头上刻有字母。
compare engrave
词源mid 16th cent.: from French inciser, from Latin incis- ‘cut into, engraved’, from the verb incidere, from in- ‘into’ + caedere ‘to cut’.