[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
mid 16th cent.: from French inciser, from Latin incis- 'cut into, engraved', from the verb incidere, from in- 'into' + caedere 'to cut'