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

hewhew /hyu/ verb (past tense hewed, past participle hewed, hewn /hyun/) literary

ETYMOLOGYhew

Origin: Old English heawan

VERB TABLE

hew

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	hew
	he, she, it	hews
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	hewed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have hewed, hewn
	he, she, it	has hewed, hewn
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had hewed, hewn
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will hew
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have hewed, hewn

[intransitive, transitive] to cut something with a cutting tool: roughly hewn wooden beamshew to something phrasal verb formal to obey someone, or to do something according to the rules or instructions SYN adhere to: She hews closely to tradition in her art. → see also rough-hewn