chopstick

Related topics: Utensils

ldoce_046_achop·stick /ˈtʃɒp-stɪk $ ˈtʃɑːp-/ noun [countableC usually plural]

DFUone of the two thin sticks that you use to eat food in many countries in Asia 筷子 →5 See picture of chopsticks 筷子 →4 See picture of 见图 chopstick

Examples from the Corpus

chopstick• An-other guy was so thin and pale that he looked like a chopstick with ink on top.• Angrily, she pushed her thoughts away at the same time as she pushed her bowl and chopsticks away.• He puts down his chopsticks and we leave.• Whereas few - not to boast - few are speedier on the draw with the old chopsticks than young Ollie.• Otherwise, chopsticks are practical for one-handed eating, if the food is cut up for the patient.• Then for every drop of oil that stuck to the chopstick a drop of water remained in the bottle.• I did eat jelly with chopsticks - as I said!• Resigned to bananas, Fong ate thern in silence, with chopsticks.

Origin chopstick

(1600-1700) Pidgin English chop “fast” (from Cantonese kap) + English stick

单词	chopstick
释义	chopstick Related topics: Utensils ldoce_046_achop·stick /ˈtʃɒp-stɪk $ ˈtʃɑːp-/ noun [countableC usually plural] DFUone of the two thin sticks that you use to eat food in many countries in Asia 筷子 →5 See picture of chopsticks 筷子 →4 See picture of 见图 chopstick Examples from the Corpus chopstick• An-other guy was so thin and pale that he looked like a chopstick with ink on top.• Angrily, she pushed her thoughts away at the same time as she pushed her bowl and chopsticks away.• He puts down his chopsticks and we leave.• Whereas few - not to boast - few are speedier on the draw with the old chopsticks than young Ollie.• Otherwise, chopsticks are practical for one-handed eating, if the food is cut up for the patient.• Then for every drop of oil that stuck to the chopstick a drop of water remained in the bottle.• I did eat jelly with chopsticks - as I said!• Resigned to bananas, Fong ate thern in silence, with chopsticks. Origin chopstick (1600-1700) Pidgin English chop “fast” (from Cantonese kap) + English stick
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