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  • Conjugation : past  sawed ; pp  sawed {or} sawn ; pp  sawed ; pp  sawn ; ing  sawing
  • Derivatives : n  sawer
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

saw [sɔː]
  1. 1. see的过去式
  2. 2. vt.
  3. 3. vi. to saw through sth 锯断某物
  4. 4. noun [c] 锯子
    to saw sth in half
    将某物锯成两半

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

saw [sɔː]
  1. 1. verb
  2. 2. n.[c] 格言谚语箴言
  3. 3. n.[c] 锯,锯子
  4. 4. n.[c] 电锯

Collins English-English Dictionary

saw [sɔː]
  1. 1. n any of various hand tools for cutting wood, metal, etc, having a blade with teeth along one edge
  2. 2. n any of various machines or devices for cutting by use of a toothed blade, such as a power-driven circular toothed wheel or toothed band of metal
  3. 3. vb to cut with a saw
  4. 4. vb to form by sawing
  5. 5. vb to cut as if wielding a saw
    to saw the air
  6. 6. vb to move (an object) from side to side as if moving a saw
  7. 7. vb [Etymology] Old English sagu; related to Old Norse sog, Old High German saga, Latin secare to cut, securis axe
saw [sɔː]
  1. 1. n a wise saying, maxim, or proverb
  2. 2. n [Etymology] Old English sagu a saying; related to saga

Examples

I knew he was coming because I saw his shadow before I saw him.
我先看到了他的影子,知道他来了。
You never saw the beat of it.
你从来没看过更好的人(或事)。
I came instantly I saw the need.
我一看到有需要就马上来了。
to saw a knife through meat
用刀切肉
to saw a tune on a fiddle
用提琴拉出一个音调
to stagger the teeth of a saw
使锯齿交错
the place that I saw him
我看到他的那个地方
The truth was that we never saw him.
事实是我们从未见过他。
a two-handed saw
需两人操作的锯
saw it as his duty
认为这是他的职责

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