| 单词 | rough-hew |
| 释义 | rough-hew (once / 147742 pages) v WORD FAMILY rough-hew USAGE EXAMPLESHow little he knew then the truth of the poet’s words,— “There is a Divinity that shapes our ends, Rough-hew them as we will.” Stables, Gordon, Kenneth McAlpine—A Tale of Mountain...(2011) To shape the ends of wood skewers, i. e., to point them, requires a degree of skill: any one can rough-hew them. Holyoake, George Jacob, A Logic Of Facts—Or, Every-day Reas...(2011) For, where men like Byron are concerned, it is peculiarly true that the divinity of the Muse shapes their ends, rough-hew these how they may. Austin, Alfred, The Bridling of Pegasus—Prose Paper...(2011) v hew roughly, without finishing the surface rough-hew stone or timber Syn|Hyper roughcast hew, hew out make or shape as with an axe |
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