hew
US
UK hew [sth] vtr: (shape, carve)
SC 砍 kǎn
TC 砍
TC 砍
SC 劈 kǎn，pī
TC 劈
TC 劈
The carpenter hewed the piece of wood skillfully.
木匠很熟练地砍下了那块木头。
hew [sth] into [sth] vtr: (shape by carving)
SC 砍成
Gradually, the woodworker hewed the log into a canoe.
hew [sth] in [sth] vtr + prep: (carve)
SC 砍 kǎn
TC 砍
TC 砍
SC 劈 kǎn，pī
TC 劈
TC 劈
This detailed sculpture was hewn in marble by a Roman artist nearly 2000 years ago.
hew [sth] vtr: often passive (cut down)
SC 砍倒 kǎn dǎo
Loggers have hewn all the conifers in this area.
伐木工把这个地区所有的针叶树都砍光了。
hew to [sth] vtr phrasal insep: US (adhere, conform to)
SC 坚持 jiān chí
TC 堅持
TC 堅持
SC 遵守 jiān chí，zūn shǒu
TC 遵守
TC 遵守
The politician has promised to hew to the wishes of her constituents.
这位政治家承诺遵从选民的意愿。
- interpolation
- interpose
- interposition
- interpret
- interpretable
- interpretation
- interpretative
- interpreted
- interpreter
- interpreting
- interpretive
- interracial
- interred
- interregnum
- interrelate
- interrelated
- interrelation
- interrelationship
- interrogate
- interrogated
- interrogation
- interrogative
- interrogator
- interrogatory
- interrupt