单词 | hand ax |
释义 | hand ax (once / 319441 pages) n WORD FAMILY hand ax: hand axes USAGE EXAMPLESThese tall, relatively large-brained ancestors of modern humans arose about 1.9 million years ago and soon afterward invented a sophisticated new tool, the hand ax. Science Magazine(Nov 22, 2016) But archaeologists working in Armenia have now unearthed Levallois tools in the same layer of soil as hand axes. New York Times(Sep 29, 2014) I forced it back and drove wedges in top and bottom with a hand ax. John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley in Search of A...(1962) n a stone tool with a cutting edge; the stone is held in the hand and used for chopping Syn|Hyper hand axe edge tool any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge) |
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