hew

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++hew /hjuː/ verb (past tense hewed, past participle hewed or hewn /hjuːn/ literary)  [intransitive, transitive]CUT to cut something with a cutting tool 〔用切割工具〕砍，劈 hewn stone 切割好的石头 → rough-hewn→ See Verb table

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hew• They hewed a huge cross from a tree.Origin hew Old English heawan

hew verbChinese  

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hew /hjuː/ verb (past tense hewed, past participle hewed or hewn /hjuːn/ literary) [intransitive and transitive] to cut something with a cutting tool:
    hewn stone
⇨ rough-hewn

hewBrE /hjuː/ 🔊NAmE /hjuː/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they hew BrE /hjuː/ 🔊 NAmE /hjuː/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it hews BrE /hjuːz/ 🔊 NAmE /hjuːz/ 🔊past simple hewed BrE /hjuːd/ 🔊 NAmE /hjuːd/ 🔊past participle hewed BrE /hjuːd/ 🔊 NAmE /hjuːd/ 🔊past simple hewn BrE /hjuːn/ 🔊 NAmE /hjuːn/ 🔊past participle hewn BrE /hjuːn/ 🔊 NAmE /hjuːn/ 🔊 -ing form hewing BrE /ˈhjuːɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈhjuːɪŋ/ 🔊~ sth (old-fashioned) to cut sth large with a tool 砍，劈（大的物体）◆to hew wood劈木头~ sth (out of sth) (formal) to make or shape sth large by cutting 砍成，劈出（某种形状、某物）◆roughly hewn timber frames粗劈成的木架子◆The statues were hewn out of solid rock. 这些雕像是在实心岩石上凿出来的。🔊🔊