axe

名词 axe:

1. an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
   同义词：ax

动词 axe:

1. chop or split with an ax
   同义词：ax
2. terminate
   同义词：ax

1. The heavy axe was awkward to use.
   这把重斧头不好用。
2. The man cleft a block of wood in two with an axe.
   那人用斧头把一块木头劈成两半。
3. Several of our plans got the axe when the new government came in.
   新政府上台后，我们有几个计划被砍掉了。
4. Five hundred jobs were axed as a result of government spending cuts.
   由于政府缩减经费的缘故，有五百人被突然解雇了。