It's an Old English word meaning "to cut" and you can remember it by associating it with another word that is much more common; carve.

这是一个古英语词，意思是“切”，你可以通过联想一个更为常见的词carve来记住它。

A digger had be2en brought in to cut a path up the hill and carve out three trenches, each about 50 metres (160ft) long and more than 1.5 metres deep.

一台挖土机在山脚下了三个坑，每个坑有50米长1.5米深。