hew

柯林斯词典

1. V-T If you hew stone or wood, you cut it, for example with an axe. 砍; 劈[老式]
He felled, peeled, and hewed his own timber. 他自己砍树、剥皮并劈成木材。
2. V-T If something is hewn from stone or wood, it is cut from stone or wood. 由(石头或木材)砍成的; 由(由石头或木材)劈出的[文学性，老式] [usu passive]
...the rock from which the lower chambers and subterranean passageways have been hewn. ...开凿出下闸室和地下通道的那块岩石。
...medieval monasteries hewn out of the rockface. ...在岩壁上凿出的中世纪修道院。
3. →see also rough-hewn