cut
chop
hew【导航词义:切,割,砍】
cut v. 切,割,砍
〔辨析〕最普通用词,指用带刃的工具进行切、割、砍等。
〔例证〕
The dead tree was cut down.
这棵死树被砍倒了。
Please cut me some bread.
请给我切点面包。
She began to learn how to cut cloth with scissors.
她开始学习如何使用剪刀裁布。
chop v. 劈,砍,剁
〔辨析〕指用工具将木头劈开或将蔬菜、肉等剁碎。
〔例证〕
He chopped up branches of the tree into firewood.
他砍下树枝当柴火。
You've got to chop up the pork before stewing it.
你必须把猪肉剁碎后再炖。
hew v. 〈文〉砍,劈
〔辨析〕指使用切割工具砍、劈大的物体,如石头、树等。
〔例证〕
He was told not to hew down that ancient tree.
他被告知不要砍倒那棵古树。
Miners hew coal with machines.
矿工用机器采煤。