axe

N ขวาน  ax khwan

axe

SL กีต้าร์  ke-tar

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VT ฟัน หรือ ตัด ด้วย ขวาน  สับ ด้วย ขวาน  จาม ด้วย ขวาน  ax fan-rue-tad-duai-khwan

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axe |aks |(US also ax ) ▶noun 1 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: 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. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 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. • 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. PHRASES have an axe to grind have a private reason for doing or being involved in something. ORIGIN Old English æx, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch aaks and German Axt .

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axe noun hatchet, cleaver; adze; tomahawk; Brit. chopper; historical battleaxe, poleaxe. ▶verb 1 the show was axed last month as a result of poor ratings: cancel, withdraw, drop, abandon, end, terminate, put an end to, discontinue; informal scrap, cut, junk, ditch, dump, give something the chop, pull the plug on, knock something on the head. 2 500 staff were axed as part of a rationalization programme: dismiss, give someone notice, make redundant, throw out, get rid of, lay off, let go, discharge; informal sack, 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 elbow, give someone the push, give someone their marching orders, show someone the door; Brit. informal give someone their cards.

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axe n. m. nom masculin 1 Ligne droite qui passe par le centre d ’un corps et autour de laquelle celui-ci tourne, ou peut tourner. : Un axe de rotation. 2 figuré Fondement sur lequel repose une idée. : L ’axe d ’une politique. SYNONYME ligne . LOCUTION Axe routier. Grande voie de communication.