chiselとは意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪzəl/
• 韻: -ɪzəl

語源 1

From Middle English chisel, chesel, borrowed from Old Northern French chisel, from Vulgar Latin *cisellum, from *caesellum, from Latin caesus, past participle of caedere (“to cut”).

名詞

chisel (複数形 chisels)

1. A cutting tool used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by pushing or pounding the back when the sharp edge is against the material. It consists of a slim, oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end and sometimes a handle at the other end.

参考

• burin
• gouge
• graver

動詞

chisel (三人称単数 現在形 chisels, 現在分詞 chiseling または chiselling, 過去形および過去分詞形 chiseled または chiselled)

1. (intransitive) To use a chisel.
2. (transitive) To work something with a chisel.

   She chiselled a sculpture out of the block of wood.

3. (transitive, intransitive, informal) To cheat, to get something from (someone) by cheating.

使用する際の注意点

chiselling and chiselled are more common in the UK while chiseling and chiseled are more common in the US.

派生語

• chiseler, chiseller
• chisel in on