hew /hjuː/ TEM8 ( hewing, hewed, hewn, hews )

• 1. 

  V-T If you hew stone or wood, you cut it, for example with an axe. 砍; 劈 [老式]

  例：

  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]

  例：

  ...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。

  例：

  ...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