bevel

bevel
[ˈbɛv(ə)l]
noun
  1. a slope from the horizontal or vertical in carpentry and stonework; a sloping surface or edge
    （细木工或细石工工艺的）斜面；斜边；斜角
    ■(亦作 bevel square)a tool for marking angles in carpentry and stonework
    斜角规
(bevelled, bevelling; 美 beveled, beveling)
  1. [with obj.][often as adj. bevelled]reduce (a square edge on an object) to a sloping edge
    把（物体的方形边）改成斜面边
    a bevelled mirror.
    带斜面边的镜子。
语源
  1. late 16th cent. (as an adjective in the sense 'oblique'): from an Old French diminutive of baif 'open-mouthed', from baer 'to gape' (see bay)
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