词汇 | saw |
释义 | saw verb uk /sɔː/ us /sɑː/ past simple of see(see的过去式) 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 verbssaw 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! 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 You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Backwards, sideways and back and forth Phrasal verbssaw 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 Caspar Benson/GettyImages 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. 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 Dictionarysaw 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 sawsaw 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. See all examples of saw These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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