プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
きざむ【刻む】
&fRoman1;
❶cut ((a thing)) into fine pieces；〔肉などを〕mince; hash（▼minceのほうが細かい）；〔野菜を〕chop
にんじんを細かく刻む
cut (up) carrots into small pieces
❷〔刻み目をつける〕nick, notch ⇒きざみ（刻み）；〔彫る〕carve；〔表面に彫る〕engrave
子供の成長を記録するために柱に印を刻んだ
They nicked [notched/cut nicks on] a pillar to mark the growth of their child.
石仏を刻む
carve a Buddhist figure out of [from/in] stone
彼の墓石には彼の詩が１行刻まれている
On his gravestone is inscribed [engraved] a line from one of his poems.
彼の顔には長年の苦悩を表すしわが刻まれていた
Years of worry had chiseled his face with wrinkles.／His face was furrowed by years of worry.
&fRoman2;
❶〔時を刻む〕record the passing moments
時計が時を刻んでいる
The clock is ticking (away).
❷〔心に〕
その光景は彼の心に深く刻まれた
The scene was deeply 「etched in [chiseled in/engraved on] his mind.