- a long-bladed hand tool with a bevelled cutting edge and a plain handle which is struck with a hammer or mallet, used to cut or shape wood, stone, metal, or other hard materials凿子, 錾子。
(chiselled, chiselling; <美> chiseled, chiseling) with obj.
1
- cut or shape (something) with a chisel凿, 镌, 雕：
carefully chisel a recess inside the pencil line.
在铅笔线以内仔细凿一道凹槽。
2
- informal, chiefly US cheat or swindle (someone) out of something〈非正式, 主美〉（从某人处）骗取（某物）：
he's chiselled me out of my dues.
他骗走了该属于我的东西。
派生词
chiseller
noun词源
late Middle English: from Old Northern French， based on Latin cis- （as in late Latin cisorium）， variant of caes-, stem of caedere 'to cut'. Compare with SCISSORS.