axe

noun

/æks/

(US English usually ax)

Idioms

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a tool with a wooden handle and a heavy metal blade, used for cutting up wood, cutting down trees, etc.斧
- to chop a tree down with an axe用斧头砍倒一棵树
- The executioner's axe fell.刽子手手起斧落。
- With a few swift blows of the axe, she severed the cable.她用斧子干净利落地砍了几下，就把电缆切断了。
see also battleaxe, ice axe, pickaxeTopics Gardensc1
Collocations Dictionary
verb + axe
- brandish
- carry
- heft
- …
axe + verb
- fall
preposition
- with an/the axe
phrases
- a blow from an axe
- a blow of an axe
the axe
[singular] (informal) (often used in newspapers常用于报刊中) if somebody 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（遭）解雇；倒闭；被停业
- Up to 300 workers are facing the axe at a struggling Merseyside firm.默西赛德的一家艰苦挣扎的公司有多达 300 名工人面临被解雇。
- Patients are delighted their local hospital has been saved from the axe.病人高兴的是当地医院得以免遭关闭。
- Protesters, anxious over the spending cuts, urged councillors to think again before wielding the axe.抗议者对削减开支感到焦虑，敦促议员们在挥舞斧头前三思。
- His prime-time TV show is likely to get the axe.他在黄金时段的电视节目很可能会被取消。
- We were expecting bad news but had no idea where the axe would fall.我们预料到有坏消息，却不知道遭殃的会是什么。
- Wielding the axe on the prison plan would be one way of saving money.取消监狱规划会是省钱的一种方法。
Collocations Dictionary
verb + the axe
- be given
- get
- swing
- …
the axe + verb
- fall

词源Old English æx, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch aaks and German Axt.

Idioms

have an axe to grind

to have private reasons for being involved in something or for arguing for a particular cause有私心；有个人打算
- She had no axe to grind and was only acting out of concern for their safety.她毫无私心，这样做只是出于对他们安全的担忧。
- These criticisms are commonly voiced by those who have some political axe to grind.这些批评通常是由那些有政治目的的人提出的。

axe

verb

/æks/

(British English)

(US English ax)

[often passive]

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they axe	/æks/ /æks/
he / she / it axes	/ˈæksɪz/ /ˈæksɪz/
past simple axed	/ækst/ /ækst/
past participle axed	/ækst/ /ækst/
-ing form axing	/ˈæksɪŋ/ /ˈæksɪŋ/

(informal) (often used in newspapers常用于报刊中) to get rid of a service, system, etc. or to reduce the money spent on it by a large amount精简（机构等）；大量削减（经费等）
- be axed Other less profitable services are to be axed later this year.其他盈利较少的服务预计今年稍晚将被大量削减。
- The series was axed after only six episodes.那个系列节目只播了六集就被砍了。
- 300 jobs are to be axed at a local chemical works.当地一家化工厂要削减300个职位。
(informal) (often used in newspapers常用于报刊中) to remove somebody from their job解雇；开除
- be axed from something Jones has been axed from the team.琼斯已被开除出队。
- be axed 2 500 employees were axed as part of a rationalization program.作为合理化计划的一部分，2 500名员工被解雇。
axe somebody to kill somebody with an axe用斧把…砍死

词源Old English æx, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch aaks and German Axt.