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service, system, etc. or to reduce the money
spent on it by a large amount jff) ( )
; AMJM ( ^
# ) : Other less profitable
services are to be axed later
this year.
Mo 2 to remove sb from their job Jones
has been axed from the team. 3$#TElMJFI&fcljPAo 3 to kill sb with an axe tE
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axel /'seksl/ noun a jump in skating in which you jump from the
front outside edge of one foot, turn in the air, and land on the outside edge
of your other foot MfLM
pm, -wur
axe-man /'aeksman/ {pi. -men /-men/) (especially BrE) (NAmE usually axman) noun (informal) a man who attacks other people with an axe If] A [ft A
axial /'aeksial/ adj. of or related to an axis
[ft ;
[ft: an axial road $&]$
axiom /'aeksiam/ noun (formal) a rule or principle that
most people believe to be true AS axio mat ic /.aeksia'maetik/ adj. [not usually before noun] (formal) true in such an obvious
way that you do not need to prove it AS; Ail i H77I self-evident:
It is axiomatic that life is not always easy. A tS A A H —ifiUMJ®, ►
axio-mat-ic-al-ly adv.
axion /'aeksian/ noun (physics %) according to some theories, a particle smaller than an atom which is
very light and has no electrical charge
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axis /'aeksis/ noun (pi. axes /'seksiiz/) 1 an imaginary line through
the centre of an object, around which the object turns ( 5/e #7
A IS SI [ft A ) : Mars takes
longer to revolve on its axis than the earth. AM Slf-S [ft 041 hi ttf&SAo 2 (technical Ain) a fixed line against which the positions of
points are measured, especially points on a graph
( Ajfffl^Alft )
A 14 : the vertical/horizontal axis tyf! jf 3* $4
3 (geometry JL fnf) a line that divides a shape into two equal parts ) : an axis of
symmetry 0 The axis of a circle is its diameter.
HI[ft*4# 4
[usually sing.] (formal) an
agreement or
axis
axle /'aeksl/ noun a long straight piece of metal that connects a pair of
wheels on a vehicle Att; : the
front/rear axle Inf / JfjAtt axman (NAmE) = axeman
Ax-min-ster /’aeksminst0(r)/ noun [C, U] a type of thick carpet with a
pattern, which is made on a machine
(mm, )
axon /'aeksnn; 'aekscun/ now/? (biology A) the long thin part of a
nerve cell along which signals are sent to other ceiis
ayah /'aia/ noun (IndE) 1 a woman whose job is caring for children, doing
domestic work, etc. ( ii&
[ft ) AW , MW 2 a person whose job is caring
for sb who is ill/sick ( Mf4#f Afft ) ^SM,
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