释义 |
chis·el I. \ˈchizəl\ noun (-s) Etymology: obsolete chisel, chesil gravel, from Middle English, from Old English cisel, ceosel; akin to Old High German kisil pebble, Old Prussian sixdo sand, Lithuanian žiezdrà gravel, grain dialect England : bran : coarse flour II. noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from Old North French, probably alteration of chisoir goldsmith's chisel, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin caesorium cutting instrument, from Latin caesus (past participle of caedere to cut) + -orium -ory — more at concise 1. : a tool consisting of a metal bar with a sharpened edge at one end used for working on the surface of various materials by chipping, carving, turning, or other cutting action and often driven by a mallet 2. : a strong heavy tractor-drawn tillage tool with curved points used for deep stirring without turning the soil III. verb (chiseled or chiselled ; chiseled or chiselled ; chiseling or chiselling \-z(ə)liŋ\ ; chisels) transitive verb 1. : to cut, pare, gouge, engrave, or shape with or as if with a chisel — often used with out < chisel a block of marble into a statue > 2. a. : to cut close (as in a bargain) : cheat b. : to employ shrewd sometimes unfair practices on (as a person) to obtain one's end; also : to obtain by such practices 3. : to stir (soil) with a chisel intransitive verb 1. : to work with a chisel < the actual cutter merely chiseled within the outlines of a preliminary drawing — F.W.Goudy > 2. a. : to employ shrewd sometimes unfair practices to obtain an end < chisel for good marks in a college course > b. : to thrust oneself : intrude — used with in or in on < trying to chisel in on the beer racket — Polly Adler > |