saw

noun

/sɔː/

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(often in compounds常构成复合词) a tool that has a long blade (= metal cutting part) with sharp points (called teeth) along one of its edges. A saw is moved backwards and forwards by hand or driven by electricity and is used for cutting wood or metal.锯 see also buzz saw, chainsaw, circular saw, coping saw, fretsaw, hacksaw, handsaw, jigsaw, musical saw, tenon saw, whipsaw
(old-fashioned) a short phrase or sentence that states a general truth about life or gives advice谚语；格言
- As the old saw goes, you can't please all of the people all of the time.俗话说，你不可能一直取悦所有的人。
Topics Suggestions and advicec2

词源noun sense 1 Old English saga, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zaag. noun sense 2 Old English sagu ‘a saying, speech’, of Germanic origin; related to German Sage, also to say and saga.

saw

verb

/sɔː/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they saw	/sɔː/ /sɔː/
he / she / it saws	/sɔːz/ /sɔːz/
past simple sawed	/sɔːd/ /sɔːd/
past participle sawn	/sɔːn/ /sɔːn/
(North American English also) past participle sawed	/sɔːd/ /sɔːd/
-ing form sawing	/ˈsɔːɪŋ/ /ˈsɔːɪŋ/

Phrasal Verbs

[intransitive, transitive] to use a saw to cut something锯
- The workmen sawed and hammered all day.工人整天又锯又锤。
- + adv./prep. He accidentally sawed through a cable.他不小心锯断了电缆。
- saw something (+ adv./prep.) She sawed the plank in half.她把木板锯成两截。
see also whipsaw
- She was still sawing away in the yard.她还在院子里锯东西。
- He took out his pocket knife and sawed at the bolt.他拿出小刀，在门闩处锯了一下。
- He was sawing through the trunk of the tree.他正在锯断树干。
[intransitive, transitive] saw (away) (at something) | saw something to move something backwards and forwards on something as if using a saw拉锯似的来回移动（某物）
- She sawed away at her violin.她不停地拉着小提琴。
- He was sawing energetically at a loaf of bread.他正用力切着一条面包。
past tense of see

词源verb Old English saga, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zaag.