chisel
verb /ˈtʃɪzl/
/ˈtʃɪzl/
- [transitive, intransitive] chisel (something) (+ adv./prep.) to cut or shape wood or stone with a chisel(用凿子)凿,刻,雕
- A name was chiselled into the stone.石头上刻着一个名字。
- She was chiselling some marble.她在雕刻大理石。
- a temple chiselled out of solid rock在岩石中凿出的庙宇。
- [transitive] chisel somebody (out of something) (informal, especially North American English) to get money or some advantage from somebody by cheating them欺骗;哄骗;骗取
- They chiseled him out of hundreds of dollars.他们骗了他几百元钱。
词源late Middle English: from Old Northern French, based on Latin cis- (as in late Latin cisorium), variant of caes-, stem of caedere ‘to cut’. Compare with scissors.