HEW

• abbr.(Department of) Health, Education, and Welfare (美国旧制时的)卫生、教育和福利部

hew[hju:]

• vt.
  • (用刀、斧等)砍，劈，剁：

    I hewed him on his neck with my left hand,and he released his hands that seized me by the throat.

    我用左手掌一下子劈在了他的脖颈上，他那双紧掐住我喉咙的双手松了开来。

    to hew meat up

    剁肉馅

  • 砍倒 (与 down 连用)：

    He hewed down three trees at a stretch.

    他一口气砍倒了三棵树。

  • 砍掉(与 away、 from、 off连用)：

    He hewed a branch from an old tree, and used it as a stick.

    他从一棵老树上砍下一根树枝，当作手杖拄着。

  • 劈成，砍出；切成，凿成：

    to hew a model ship from wood

    用木料凿成模型轮船

    to hew a radish into flowers

    把小萝卜切削成花

  • 开辟；奋力做出：

    He hewed our way through the brambles with his sharp chopper.

    他用他的利刃从荆棘中为我们开辟出一条道路。

    Having inherited her father's company, she hewed another steel plant.

    继承了父亲的公司之后，她奋力又开了一家钢厂。

• vi.
  • 劈,砍(与 at、 among连用)：

    to hew away at coal

    采煤

  • [美国英语]坚持；遵守(与to 连用)：

    to hew to the line of

    坚持…的方针

• 变形:

  vt.hewed.hewed 或 hewn.hewing