Gouge

(noun.) the act of gouging.

(noun.) and edge tool with a blade like a trough for cutting channels or grooves.

(verb.) force with the thumb; 'gouge out his eyes'.

乔斯林编辑

• The recording stylus is shaped like a little gouge to cut the little grooves in the wax, while the corresponding stylus of the reproducer has a ball-shaped end to travel in the groove. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• These are placed in a lathe and gouged out, forming the pin in the rough. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Eginhard says his eyes were gouged out and his tongue cut off; he seems, however, to have had both eyes and tongue again a year later. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Joe scooped his eyes with his disengaged wrist, as if he were bent on gouging himself, but said not another word. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.

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