chisel

名词 chisel:

1. an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge

动词 chisel:

1. engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
   同义词：cheat
2. deprive somebody of something by deceit
   同义词：cheat, rip off
3. carve with a chisel

1. She used a chisel to prise off the lid.
   她用錾子来把盖子凿开。
2. He has chiseled me out of $5.
   他骗去了我五块钱。
3. He chiseled that rock into the figure of a woman.
   他把那块石头凿成一个女人像。
4. He cut the figure of a woman out of that rock with a chisel.
   他用凿子把那块石头刻成了一个女人像。

chis.el

n.（名词）
A metal tool with a sharp beveled edge, used to cut and shape stone, wood, or metal.
凿子：一种用来切削或雕刻石头、木头或金属的有锋利斜刃的金属工具
v.（动词）
chis.eled 或 chis.elled chis.el.ing 或 chis.el.ling chis.els 或 chis.els
v.tr.（及物动词）
To shape or cut with a chisel.
用凿子雕刻或削切
Informal
【非正式用语】
To cheat or swindle.
欺骗或诈骗
To obtain by deception.
骗得
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To use a chisel.
使用凿子
Informal
【非正式用语】
To use unethical methods; cheat:
用不道德的手段；欺骗：
例句：
.who`s up, who`s down and who`s chiseling on the side.(James Reston)
.谁得意，谁失意，谁在一边耍诡计.(詹姆斯·赖斯顿)

To intrude oneself without welcome:
不受欢迎地插手：
例句：
always tries to chisel in on our conversations.
总是不识相地插进我们的交谈

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French cisiel
源自 古法语 cisiel
from Vulgar Latin *cosellus [cutting tool]
源自 俗拉丁语 *cosellus [切削工具]
from diminutive of Latin caesus [past participle of] caedere [to cut] * see ka…-id-
源自 拉丁语 caesus的小后缀 [] caedere的过去分词 [切削] *参见 ka…-id-

【引伸】
chis.eler
n.（名词）