刻む

プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)

きざむ【刻む】

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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.

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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.

出典　小学館「プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)」