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chisel sth from/out of sth
本义指用凿子加工材料；过去式和过去分词也可写作 chiseled。
He chiselled a small bird from the piece of wood.
他用凿子从这块木头上凿出了一只小鸟。
凿
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凿
To cut, shape, or work with a chisel.
He chiselled a small bird from the piece of wood.
他用凿子从这块木头上凿出了一只小鸟。
使用凿子。
To use a chisel.
用凿子加工某物。
To work something with a chisel.
行骗；欺诈
engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
逐步细微地改变(某物),随时间推移导致变化。
To make small changes to (something), bit by bit, resulting in change over time.
chisel
Base
原形
chisels
3rd person
第三人称单数
chiselling
-ing
现在分词
chiselled
Past
过去式
chiselled
Past participle
过去分词
He often chisels people out of their money.
他经常骗取别人的钱。
She chiselled her way into the company.
她通过欺骗手段进入了公司。
They have chiselled the old man out of his savings.
他们骗走了老人的积蓄。
注意：英式英语中过去式和过去分词为'chiselled'，美式英语中为'chiseled'。
He chiselled his way into the company with false credentials.
他用假证件欺骗进入公司。
AI contextual example
The con artist chiselled the elderly couple out of their savings.
那个骗子骗走了老夫妇的积蓄。
AI contextual example
She felt guilty about chiselling her friend out of the inheritance.
她对欺骗朋友夺取遗产感到内疚。
AI contextual example
Who's chiseling on the side?
谁在侧面凿刻?
WordNet
本义指用凿子加工材料；过去式和过去分词也可写作 chiseled。
He chiselled a small bird from the piece of wood.
他用凿子从这块木头上凿出了一只小鸟。
into 后接凿刻出的文字或图案所依附的位置。
She chiselled her name into the stone.
她把名字凿刻在石头上。
away at 表示动作持续并一点点产生影响，常描述信心、健康等被慢慢消耗。
Years of stress had chiselled away at her health.
多年的压力逐渐损害了她的健康。
该义项与凿子无关，指用欺骗手段从某人处骗得某物。
The fraudster chiselled the investors out of thousands of dollars.
那个骗子从投资者那里骗走了数千美元。
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从某人处骗取某物
He chiselled thousands of pounds out of his clients.
他从客户那里骗走了几千英镑。
逐步削弱某事物
Her confidence was chiselled away by constant criticism.
她的自信被不断的批评一点一点地削弱了。
用凿子把某物凿成某物
The sculptor chiselled the block of marble into a beautiful statue.
雕刻家用凿子把一块大理石凿成了一尊美丽的雕像。
用凿子从某物上凿掉某物
She chiselled the old tiles off the wall.
她用凿子把墙上的旧瓷砖凿了下来。
插嘴；插手；强行挤入
He always tries to chisel in on our private conversations.
他总是试图在我们私下的谈话中插嘴。
骗取某人的某物；以欺诈手段剥夺
The scammer chiseled the old man out of his life savings.
骗子骗走了老人一生的积蓄。
逐渐削弱；不断侵蚀
The constant pressure of work chiseled away at her confidence.
持续的工作压力逐渐侵蚀了她的信心。
在我开始工作之前，雕塑就已经完整地存在于大理石石块之中。它已经在那里了，我只需要凿去多余的材料。
Michelangelo's famous quote about sculpture uses 'chisel away' to describe revealing the statue hidden inside the marble.
米开朗基罗这句关于雕塑的名言用“凿掉”来描述揭示隐藏在大理石中的雕像。
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Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想：凿子chisel一下下凿，慢慢改变形状；骗人也是慢慢把钱财凿走。
语域：mixed 常见场景：木工/雕刻等手工操作场合、非正式口语（表示欺骗、骗取） chisel 作动词时，字面义“用凿子凿”多用于描述工艺或加工，语气中性偏正式；引申义“欺骗、骗取”则常见于非正式口语。具体含义需根据上下文判断。
常与out of连用，表示骗取某人的某物
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