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1. Oxford Dictionary

   axe

   • IPA[aks]

   英式

   • n.
     a tool used for chopping wood, typically of iron with a steel edge and wooden handle；a measure intended to reduce costs drastically, especially one involving redundancies
   • v.
     end, cancel, or dismiss suddenly and ruthlessly；reduce (costs or services) drastically

   • verb: axe, 3rd person present: axes, gerund or present participle: axing, past tense: axed, past participle: axed

   • noun: axe, plural noun: axes

2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a tool used for chopping wood, typically of iron with a steel edge and wooden handle I started swinging the axe at the lumps of driftwood an axe blade
   • ▪ a measure intended to reduce costs drastically, especially one involving redundancies thirty staff are facing the axe at the Royal Infirmary
   • 2. informal a musical instrument used in popular music or jazz, especially a guitar or (originally) a saxophone.

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. end, cancel, or dismiss suddenly and ruthlessly the company is axing 125 jobs 2,500 staff were axed as part of a rationalization programme 同義詞 cancel, withdraw, drop, abandon, end, ... 更多terminate, put an end to, discontinue, informalscrap, cut, junk, ditch, dump, give something the chop, pull the plug on, knock something on the head, dismiss, give someone notice, throw out, get rid of, lay off, let go, discharge, make redundant, informalsack, fire, kick out, boot out, give someone the sack, give someone the boot, give someone the bullet, give someone the (old) heave-ho, give someone the push, give someone their marching orders, show someone the door, give someone the elbow, give someone their cards
   • ▪ reduce (costs or services) drastically the Chancellor warned the cabinet to axe public spending
   • 2. cut or strike with an axe, especially violently or destructively the mahogany panelling had been axed

   片語

   • have an axe to grind