| 单词 | saw |
| 释义 | saw (once / 13 pages) 1nv 2n A saw is a tool that's used to cut wood. It can be a hand tool or a power tool, and it usually has either a blade or a disk with a jagged cutting edge. The verb saw means to cut through wood or another material using a saw or other tool. If you are going to build a bookcase, you have to saw the wood into the proper lengths. It's a good idea to measure it twice so you only have to saw it once. When you're faced with a tough piece of meat, you might have to saw at it just to cut off a bite. WORD FAMILYsaw: saw-like, sawed, sawing, sawn, saws, sawyer+/sawyer: sawyers USAGE EXAMPLESDid his artificial hips put him at risk of infection when he saw the dentist? Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) “At one time we saw a possibility of changing history,” he said. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Nick naively hopes no other women saw it, but of course they did. Time(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n hand tool having a toothed blade for cutting Hypo|Hyper bill, billhook a long-handled saw with a curved blade bucksawa saw that is set in a frame in the shape of an H; used with both hands to cut wood that is held in a sawbuck crown sawa saw having teeth around the edge of a hollow cylinder folding sawa saw with a toothed blade that folds into a handle (the way a pocketknife folds) hack saw, hacksaw, metal sawsaw used with one hand for cutting metal carpenter's saw, hand saw, handsawa saw used with one hand for cutting wood lumberman's saw, two-handed saw, two-man saw, whipsawa saw with handles at both ends; intended for use by two people back saw, backsawa handsaw that is stiffened by metal reinforcement along the upper edge compass sawa handsaw with a narrow triangular blade for cutting curves coping sawa handsaw with a taut thin blade; used for cutting small curves in wood crosscut handsaw, crosscut saw, cutoff sawhandsaw that cuts at right angles to the grain (or major axis) keyhole sawa handsaw with a long narrow blade for cutting short radius curves; similar to a compass saw pitsawa large two-handed saw formerly used to cut logs into planks; one man stood above the log and the other in a pit below pruning sawa handsaw used for pruning trees ripsaw, splitsawa handsaw for cutting with the grain of the wood hand tool a tool used with workers' hands 2n a power tool for cutting wood Syn|Hypo|Hyper power saw, sawing machine band saw, bandsaw an endless saw consisting of a toothed metal band that is driven around two wheels chain saw, chainsawportable power saw; teeth linked to form an endless chain buzz saw, circular sawa power saw that has a steel disk with cutting teeth on the periphery; rotates on a spindle gangsawa power saw that has several parallel blades making simultaneous cuts fretsaw, jigsaw, scroll sawfine-toothed power saw with a narrow blade; used to cut curved outlines jigsaw, reciprocating saw, saber sawa portable power saw with a reciprocating blade; can be used with a variety of blades depending on the application and kind of cut; generally have a plate that rides on the surface that is being cut sawmilla large sawing machine portable circular saw, portable sawa circular saw that is portable and is operated with a hand grip table sawa circular saw mounted under a table or bench so that the blade of the saw projects up through a slot power tool a tool driven by a motor 3v cut with a saw 2saw wood for the fireplace Hypo|Hyper whipsaw saw with a whipsaw cut separate with or as if with an instrument n a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people Syn|Hyper adage, byword, proverb expression, locution, saying a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations |
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