a long-bladed hand tool with a bevelled cutting edge and a plain handle which is struck with a hammer or mallet, used to cut or shape wood, stone, metal, or other hard materials
凿子,錾子。
cut or shape (something) with a chisel
凿,镌,雕
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carefully chisel a recess inside the pencil line .在铅笔线以内仔细凿一道凹槽。
〈非正式,主美〉 (从某人处)骗取(某物)
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he's chiselled me out of my dues .他骗走了该属于我的东西。
"late Middle English: from Old Northern French, based on Latin