chop, cut, hack

名詞 hack:

1. one who works hard at boring tasks
   同義詞：drudge, hacker
2. a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
   同義詞：machine politician, ward-heeler, political hack
3. a mediocre and disdained writer
   同義詞：hack writer, literary hack
4. a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil
5. a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
   同義詞：cab, taxi, taxicab
6. an old or over-worked horse
   同義詞：jade, nag, plug
7. a horse kept for hire
8. a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.

動(dòng)詞 hack:

1. cut with a hacking tool
   同義詞：chop
2. be able to manage or manage successfully
   同義詞：cut
3. cut away
4. kick on the arms
5. kick on the shins
6. fix a computer program piecemeal until it works
   同義詞：hack on
7. significantly cut up a manuscript
   同義詞：cut up
8. cough spasmodically
   同義詞：whoop

1. The publisher paid his hacks low.
   出版商付給他雇傭的文人很低的費(fèi)用。
2. He was hacking at a tree.
   他正在砍樹(shù)。

hack

v.（動(dòng)詞）
hacked,hack.ing,hacks
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
To cut or chop with repeated and irregular blows:
亂劈，亂砍：重復(fù)以不規(guī)則的方式砍或劈：
例句：
hacked down the saplings.
把小樹(shù)砍倒

To break up the surface of (soil).
開(kāi)辟，開(kāi)墾：破壞（土地的）表面
Slang To cut or mutilate as if by hacking:
【俚語(yǔ)】 削減，刪除：象刀劈一樣削減或切割：
例句：
hacked millions off the budget.
削減了幾百萬(wàn)元的預(yù)算

Slang To cope with successfully; manage:
【俚語(yǔ)】 成功地對(duì)付；處理：
例句：
couldn`t hack a second job.
做不了其它工作

v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
To chop or cut something by hacking.
劈砍：用砍的方式劈或割某物
Computer Science To work or perform as a hacker.
【計(jì)算機(jī)科學(xué)】 編程序：象一個(gè)電腦黑客那樣工作或操作
To cough roughly or harshly.
干咳：猛烈而沙啞地咳嗽
n.（名詞）
A rough, irregular cut made by hacking.
砍痕：由于劈砍形成的粗糙、不規(guī)則的切痕
A tool, such as a hoe, used for hacking.
用于劈，砍的工具，如鋤頭
A blow made by hacking.
砍擊
A rough, dry cough.
干咳：猛烈的干咳

來(lái)源：
Middle English hakken
中古英語(yǔ) hakken
from Old English -haccian * see keg-
源自 古英語(yǔ) -haccian *參見(jiàn) keg-
V., intr., sense 2, back-formation from hacker
不及物動(dòng)詞釋義2，源自 hacker的逆成詞

【引伸】
hack.able
adj.（形容詞）

---------------另--------------
hack
hack 2

n.（名詞）
A horse used for riding or driving; a hackney.
乘用馬：用于乘坐或騎用的馬匹；役用馬
A worn-out horse for hire; a jade.
老馬：用于外租的衰弱的駑馬；老馬

One who undertakes unpleasant or distasteful tasks for money or reward; a hireling.
雇傭工：為了錢或獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)而做一些沒(méi)有意思或令人討厭的工作的人；雇傭工
A writer hired to produce routine or commercial writing.
雇傭文人：受雇寫一些公文或商業(yè)文章的作者
A carriage or hackney for hire.
用于出租的馬車或汽車
Informal
【非正式用語(yǔ)】
A taxicab.
出租車
See hackie
參見(jiàn) hackie
v.（動(dòng)詞）
hacked,hack.ing,hacks
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
To let out (a horse) for hire.
出借（馬匹）以供別人租用
To make banal or hackneyed with indiscriminate use.
使…變陳腐：因不加區(qū)別的使用而使之變得平庸，陳腐
v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
To drive a taxicab for a living.
為了謀生開(kāi)出租車
To work for hire as a writer.
作雇傭文人
To ride on horseback at an ordinary pace.
騎馬行進(jìn)：以普通的速度騎著馬走
adj.（形容詞）
By, characteristic of, or designating routine or commercial writing:
平庸乏味的：有公文或商業(yè)文章特點(diǎn)的，或代表了這種文章的：
例句：
hack prose.
平庸乏味的文章

Hackneyed; banal.
陳腐的；平庸的

來(lái)源：
Short for hackney
hackney的簡(jiǎn)寫