英语词汇“hew”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

hew

(hjuː )

Word forms: hews , hewing , hewed , hewed , hewn

1. verb

If you hew stone or wood, you cut it, for example with an axe. [old-fashioned]

He felled, peeled and hewed his own timber. [VERB noun]

Synonyms: cut, chop, axe, hack

2. verb [usually passive]

If something is hewn from stone or wood, it is cut from stone or wood. [literary, old-fashioned]

...the rock from which the lower chambers and subterranean passageways have been hewn. [be V-ed + from/out of]

...medieval monasteries hewn out of the rockface. [VERB-ed]

Synonyms: carve, make, form, fashion

3. See also rough-hewn

4. verb

If someone or something hews to something, they believe, accept, or stay close to it. [US]

For generations, they kept mostly to themselves, marrying within the community and hewing to tradition. [VERB to noun]

In its final form the legislation hews closely to the plan the administration unveiled a year ago. [VERB to noun]

单词	hew
释义	hew (hjuː ) Word forms: hews , hewing , hewed , hewed , hewn 1. verb If you hew stone or wood, you cut it, for example with an axe. [old-fashioned] He felled, peeled and hewed his own timber. [VERB noun] Synonyms: cut, chop, axe, hack 2. verb [usually passive] If something is hewn from stone or wood, it is cut from stone or wood. [literary, old-fashioned] ...the rock from which the lower chambers and subterranean passageways have been hewn. [be V-ed + from/out of] ...medieval monasteries hewn out of the rockface. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: carve, make, form, fashion 3. See also rough-hewn 4. verb If someone or something hews to something, they believe, accept, or stay close to it. [US] For generations, they kept mostly to themselves, marrying within the community and hewing to tradition. [VERB to noun] In its final form the legislation hews closely to the plan the administration unveiled a year ago. [VERB to noun]
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