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 carefully chisel a recess inside the pencil line. 仔细在铅笔线以内凿一道凹槽。
(informal, chiefly US)cheat or swindle (someone) out of something (非正式, 主美)(从某人处)骗取(某物) he's chiselled me out of my dues. 他骗走了我的东西。
派生 chiseller noun 语源
late Middle English: from Old Northern French, based on Latin cis- (as in late Latin cisorium), variant of caes-, stem of caedere 'to cut'. Compare with scissors