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- a hand tool for cutting wood or other hard materials, typically with a long, thin serrated blade and operated using a backwards and forwards movement锯。
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- a mechanical power-driven tool for cutting which has a toothed rotating disc or moving band锯床。
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- Zoology a serrated organ or part, such as the toothed snout of a sawfish【动】锯齿状部位（或器官）。
(past participle <主英> sawn 或 <主北美> sawed) with obj.
1- cut (something, especially wood or a tree) using a saw锯：
the top of each post is sawn off at railing height
每根立柱的顶部都在齐栏杆的高度被锯掉
no obj. thieves escaped undetected after sawing through iron bars on a basement window窃贼在没有被察觉的情况下锯开地下室窗户上的铁条逃跑了
as adj., in combination sawn rough-sawn planks锯开后未经加工的木板。
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- make or form (something) using a saw锯成：
the seats are sawn from well-seasoned elm planks.
座位是由经过干燥处理的榆木板锯成的。
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- cut (something) as if with a saw, especially roughly or so as to leave rough or unfinished edges乱剪; 乱切：
the woman who sawed off all my lovely hair.
把我漂亮的头发胡乱剪掉的那女人。
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- no obj. make rapid saw-like motions in cutting or in playing a stringed instrument拉锯似的来回移动：
he was sawing away energetically at the loaf.
他正在用力拉锯似的切面包。
派生词
sawlike
adjective词源
Old English saga, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zaag.
短语动词
saw off
- Canadian (of two or more people) compromise by making concessions to one another〈加〉（两人或多人）通过互让解决, 相互妥协：
they sawed off over wages and security and concluded the deal.
他们在工资和安全保障方面各让一步, 达成了交易。