ax

ax — 名詞

1. A hand tool built from a heavy metal cutting head fitted onto a long handle, use

1.名詞B1
釋義

斧頭

砍劈木材的工具

A hand tool built from a heavy metal cutting head fitted onto a long handle, used for splitting logs and chopping down trees.

例句

Feng used an ax to chop the fallen tree into pieces for firewood.

Feng 用斧頭把倒下的樹砍成木柴。

collocation: chop wood / split logs with an ax

The old iron ax was too blunt to split the wooden logs in half.

那把舊鐵斧太鈍了，無法把木頭劈成兩半。

同義詞

2. A situation where a person is told to leave their job, usually because their emp

2.名詞B2
釋義

解僱；開除

被僱主要求離開工作

A situation where a person is told to leave their job, usually because their employer no longer needs them or is reducing the number of workers.

例句

After the company lost money, fifty factory workers got the ax.

公司虧錢後，有五十名工廠工人被開除了。

informal expression: get the ax = be fired

Kwame was worried he might get the ax when the new manager took charge.

Kwame 擔心新主管上任後他會被解僱。

同義詞
  • be sacked

    British English informal equivalent

  • be fired

    more general and slightly more formal

反義詞
  • be hired

    the opposite process of getting a job

  • be promoted

    moving to a better position instead of losing one

用法筆記

Almost always used in the phrase 'get the ax' or 'give someone the ax.' Not used in formal contexts; use 'be laid off' or 'be dismissed' instead.

常見錯誤

❌He got an ax from his boss' (meaning fired).
✅He got the ax from his boss.
💡Use 'the,' not 'an,' because this is a fixed phrase.

3. The sudden stopping, removal, or large reduction of a service, project, or plann

3.名詞B2
釋義

取消；刪減

突然中止或大幅減少計劃

The sudden stopping, removal, or large reduction of a service, project, or planned activity, usually because of a lack of money or a change in priorities.

例句

The school's music program got the ax because of the budget cuts.

學校的音樂課程因為預算刪減而被砍掉了。

expression: [program/service] + got the ax

City officials gave the new bridge project the ax after the cost report.

市政官員在成本報告出爐後取消了新建橋梁的計劃。

同義詞
  • cut

    more general; can be partial, not necessarily sudden

  • scrapped

    more formal; implies complete abandonment of a plan

反義詞

用法筆記

Distinguish from sense 2 (GETTING FIRED). Sense 3 applies to things (services, plans, budgets), not to people. Sense 2 applies only to people losing their jobs.

4. In casual music speech, 'ax' means the instrument a performer uses in a show, ty

4.名詞C1
釋義

電吉他；樂器

對電吉他或薩克斯風的俗稱

In casual music speech, 'ax' means the instrument a performer uses in a show, typically a stringed electric instrument or a brass wind instrument commonly heard in jazz.

例句

The guitarist pulled out his ax and played a long blues solo.

吉他手拿出他的電吉他，彈了一段長長的藍調獨奏。

slang: ax = electric guitar

Eitan saved money for months to buy a vintage ax from the music shop.

Eitan 存了好幾個月的錢，在樂器行買了一把復古電吉他。

同義詞

用法筆記

This sense is very informal and is mostly used by musicians or people who follow music closely. It is less common in everyday speech.

ax — 縮寫