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词汇 saw
释义 saw
verb
uk /sɔː/ us /sɑː/
past simple of see(see的过去式)
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Using the eyes
accommodate
accommodation
all eyes are on someone/somethingidiom
astigmatic
beholder
cast
chart
corner
discern
fix
glare
have a butcher'sidiom
penetrating
re-see
re-sight
rest on someone/something
resurvey
rubbernecking
sighting
tab

Phrasal verbs


saw something down
saw something off
saw something up
saw
verb
uk /sɔː/ us /sɑː/sawed | sawn or mainly USsawed
[ I or T ]
to cut wood or other hard material using a saw: 锯
They sawed the door in half.他们把门锯成了两半。
He sawed through the pipe.他把管子锯断了。
[ I+ adv/prep ]
to move something backwards and forwards as if using a saw: 拉锯般地来回移动
He was sawing away at his violin, making a terrible noise!他在小提琴上拉来拉去,发出难听的噪音!
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Cutting and stabbing
abrasion
bayonet
butcher
carve
carving
chisel
chop
hew
impale
impalement
impaler
incise
scissor
score something out/through
shave
shave something off/from something
shear
shearing
sheep shearing
stab

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Backwards, sideways and back and forth

Phrasal verbs


saw something down
saw something off
saw something up
saw
noun[ C ]
uk /sɔː/ us /sɑː/

sawnoun[C] (TOOL)


a tool with a blade or sharp cutting points, used for cutting hard materials such as wood or metal: 锯
Cut off the unwanted branches close to the trunk using a saw.
Warehouse workers would saw up blocks of salt with a special saw.
See also
back saw
band saw
chainsaw
circular saw
fretsaw
hacksaw
handsaw
jigsaw(TOOL)
power saw
tenon saw
 
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Tools
-pronged
adjustable spanner
adze
Allen key
auger
awl
gavel
gimlet
gouge
grapnel
grappling iron
grindstone
pincer
plunger
power saw
prong
rasp
razor knife
reamer
trowel

sawnoun[C] (SAYING)


old-fashioned
a short sentence that states something that is generally thought to be true, or that gives useful advice:
An old saw says a hospital can be a dangerous place for a healthy person.
Synonyms
adage
axiomformal
proverb
saying
Studies reveal that for most people the old saw is all too true: Money won't buy you happiness.
Part of the reason for his success is the way he modifies the old saw, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
She proved the saw that behind every great man is an even greater woman.
Once again, that old saw "Less is more" applies.
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Linguistics: sentences & expressions
adage
asyndetic
asyndetically
asyndeton
backchannel
clause
coin
complex sentence
compound sentence
concessive clause
dictum
motto
phrase
proverbial
sentence
slogan
subsentence
tail
to coin a phraseidiom
Trumpism

saw | American Dictionary


saw
us/sɔ/

saw (SEE)


past simple of see
saw
noun[ C ]
us/sɔ/

sawnoun[C] (TOOL)


a tool that has a blade with sharp points along one edge, used for cutting hard materials, such as wood or metal:
a circular saw
a hand-held saw
saw
verb[ I/T ]
us/sɔ/past tensesawed | past participlesawnus/sɔn/sawed

sawverb[I/T] (USE TOOL)


to cut with a saw:
[ M ]I sawed off the end of the plank.

Examples of saw


saw
In a second experimental phase, all children saw a bucket containing a novel object, and two visible objects - one familiar and one novel.
This ensured that all participants saw all conditions but no single participant saw two variants of the same item set.
Thus, each subject saw 96 experimental picture-word pairs plus 96 filler picture-word pairs.
Nurses and patients saw a difference between nurse practitioners and doctors which was mainly related to consultation style, accessibility and length of consultation.
He saw it simply as the basis for better care.
We saw above that the number of elderly individuals who depended on poor relief increased over the course of the eighteenth century.
They enjoyed drinking, saw its positive benefits, particularly that it was relaxing, and valued their social lives, which drinking was a part of.
I saw that she was proud of herself for coming up with such an elegant solution to her intimidating problem.
The following years, moreover, arguably saw the law shed its associations with the gentry and aristocracy that had been characteristic of earlier decades.
In earlier sections we already saw certain typological results emerge.
It arose in the wake of punk, which sought to sweep away what its proponents saw as the empty virtuosity of rock dinosaurs.
Sometimes it is not even specified whether the person who saw the vision was awake or asleep.
We saw from our plots what real estate prices were doing, that they behaved very smoothly through time, unlike stock prices.
The managers and owners interviewed all saw themselves as supplying a standard service and competing on price, as agencies.
Regulators saw the agencies' analysis as a straightforward, putatively objective framework for the regulation of financial institutions' exposure to credit risk.
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