英和和英

動詞

hewing

1. present participle and gerund of hew

名詞

hewing (plural hewings)

1. The act of one who hews or chops.
   • 2010, Stephen Smith, Underground London: Travels Beneath the City Streets:

     Hadley [the sculptor] could afford to let his hewings be rough where the monarchical extremities were concerned, as these were to be covered by the raiment of state.

   • 2021, Peter Cavanagh, “9. Cranes”, in 100 Flying Birds: Photographing the Mechanics of Flight, →ISBN, page 218:

     Hewing to this principle, I walked along the lakeshore at Bosque del Apache as the stragglers of a flock of Sandhill Cranes made their morning departure.

アナグラム

• whinge