| 单词 | hewn |
| 释义 | hewn (once / 2226 pages) adj Something that's hewn is carved out of wood or another hard material. A hewn rock statue is cut and shaped out of a slab of stone. Your most prized possession could be a hand-hewn chair made by your grandfather, carved with a chisel out of piece of oak. A child who lives in the country might spend hours with a pocket knife making sharply hewn sticks, one after another. Hewn is the past participle of the verb hew, which comes from the Old English root heawan, "to chop, hack, or gash." WORD FAMILYhewn: unhewn USAGE EXAMPLESRegimented and hewn from the desert, these are IDP camps. BBC(Nov 30, 2016) Nearly three weeks into his presidential transition, Donald Trump has hewn closely to the habits that won him the presidency. Los Angeles Times(Nov 27, 2016) But an abandoned quarry hewn into the mountainside offered a rare chance to nab a few samples. Science Magazine(Nov 17, 2016) adj cut or shaped with hard blows of a heavy cutting instrument like an ax or chisel a house built of hewn logs rough- hewn stone a path hewn through the underbrush Syn hand-hewn cut fashioned or shaped by cutting |
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