| 单词 | excise |
| 释义 | excise excise1 n. /ek"suyz, -suys/; v. /ek"suyz, ik suyz"/, n. , v. , excised, excising. n. 1. an internal tax or duty on certain commodities, as liquor or tobacco, levied on their manufacture, sale, or consumption within the country. 2. a tax levied for a license to carry on certain employments, pursue certain sports, etc. 3. Brit. the branch of the civil service that collects excise taxes. v.t. 4. to impose an excise on. [1485-95; appar. < MD excijs, var. of accijs < ML accisa tax, lit., a cut, n. use of fem. ptp. of L accidere to cut into, equiv. to ac- AC- + cid-, var. s. of caedere to cut + -ta fem. ptp. suffix, with dt > s] excise2 —excisable, adj. /ik suyz"/, v.t., excised, excising. 1. to expunge, as a passage or sentence, from a text. 2. to cut out or off, as a tumor. [1570-80; < L excisus cut out, hewn down, ptp. of excidere to EXCIDE] |
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