If a man has chiselled features, his face looks as if someone carved it with care: the chin, the mouth, the nose, the cheekbones have a strong, clear shape. The lines are sharp, not soft.

If a man has chiselled features如果一個男人有chiselled features，his face looks as if someone carved it with care他的臉看起來就像被人細心雕刻過：the chin, the mouth, the nose, the cheekbones have a strong, clear shape下巴、嘴巴、鼻子、顴骨的線條都很明顯、很清楚。The lines are sharp線條銳利，not soft不是柔和的。

We say this as praise, most often about a man's face in stories, films, and magazines.

We say this as praise這是一種稱讚，most often about a man's face最常用在形容男人的臉，in stories, films, and magazines出現在故事、電影、雜誌裡。

It comes from a chisel, the tool a sculptor uses to cut stone — so the idea is "cut into a clear shape," like a statue. Nobody took a tool to the person; it is a picture-word.

It comes from a chisel這個字來自chisel（鑿子）， the tool a sculptor uses to cut stone雕刻家用來刻石頭的工具——so the idea is 'cut into a clear shape'所以背後的畫面是「刻出清楚的形狀」，like a statue像一座雕像。Nobody took a tool to the person沒有人真的拿工具去雕那個人；it is a picture-word這是一個畫面式的字。

British English writes chiselled with two l's; American English often writes chiseled with one. People also say a chiselled jaw or chiselled cheekbones for the same idea.

British English writes chiselled with two l's英式英文寫chiselled，兩個l；American English often writes chiseled with one美式英文常寫chiseled，一個l。People also say a chiselled jaw or chiselled cheekbones大家也會說chiselled jaw或chiselled cheekbones， for the same idea講的是同一個概念。

Though actually, you will also hear chiselled about a body that looks carved, like a stomach with clear muscle lines — same picture, different part of the body. And chiselled is also the ordinary past of the verb chisel, "cut with a chisel," but when we talk about looks, we mean the carved-face sense.

Though actually不過實際上，you will also hear chiselled about a body that looks carved你也會聽到chiselled用來形容看起來像雕出來的身體，like a stomach with clear muscle lines像是肌肉線條清楚的腹部——same picture, different part of the body一樣的畫面，只是換了身體的部位。And chiselled is also the ordinary past of the verb chisel而且chiselled也是動詞chisel的普通過去式，'cut with a chisel'意思是「用鑿子刻」，but when we talk about looks但講外表的時候，we mean the carved-face sense我們指的是雕刻般臉龐的那個意思。