關鍵字彙：
chisel/ chop/ hack/ hew/ mince/ prune/ trim
1. 「用鑿子鑿或刻」叫chisel：
•He chiseled that rock into the figure of a woman (He chiseled the figure of a woman out of that rock).
•The artist was chiseling a statue from the marble.
2. 「把食物切碎」叫mince：
•Cindy helped her mother mince the ham to make salad.
3. 「修剪花木」可用prune或trim：
•The gardener will prune the twigs off before winter comes in.
•Be sure to trim the rosebushes.
4. 「砍」可用chop、hack或hew。hew也可以指「砍傷」：
•I'm tired of chopping; will you do it now?
•He chopped the block of wood in two with a single blow.
•We had to chop a path through the thick forest before we could come to the river.
•They hacked their way through the trees.
•The explorers hacked a path through the jungle.
•He hacked the tree down.
•They hewed (down) trees.
•The soldiers are determined to hew the enemy to pieces.
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