hew

柯林斯詞典

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. 他自己砍樹、剝皮竝劈成木材。
2. V-T If something is hewn from stone or wood, it is cut from stone or wood. 由(石頭或木材)砍成的; 由(由石頭或木材)劈出的[文學(xué)性，老式] [usu passive]
...the rock from which the lower chambers and subterranean passageways have been hewn. ...開鑿出下牐室和地下通道的那塊巖石。
...medieval monasteries hewn out of the rockface. ...在巖壁上鑿出的中世紀(jì)脩道院。
3. →see also rough-hewn