铡

zhá

铡 — zhá

1. lever-style guillotine (a device for chopping; a chopper)

   农民用铡把麦秸铡碎。 nóngmín yòng zhá bǎ màijiē zhá suì — The farmers used the chopper to shred the straw.

2. to chop with a lever-style guillotine

   工人把秸秆铡成小段以便堆肥。 gōngrén bǎ jiēgǎn zhá chéng xiǎoduàn yǐbiàn duīféi — The workers chopped the stalks into short pieces for composting.