incise

incise
verb
  1. [with obj.](一般作 be incised)mark or decorate (an object or surface) with a cut or a series of cuts
    雕饰(物体,表面)
    a button incised with a skull.
    雕饰着头骨的纽扣。
    ■cut (a mark or decoration) into a surface
    雕刻(记号,装饰)
    figures incised on upright stones.
    雕刻在竖立石块上的图形。
    ■cut (skin or flesh) with a surgical instrument
    (用手术器械)切开(皮肤,肉)
    the wound was incised and drained.
    伤口被切开,脓液被排出。
语源
  1. mid 16th cent.: from French inciser, from Latin incis- 'cut into, engraved', from the verb incidere, from in- 'into' + caedere 'to cut'
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