释义 |
lop1/lɒp/ v. & n.●v. (lopped, lopping) 1 tr.a (often foll. by 常后跟 off, away) cut or remove (a part or parts) from a whole, esp. branches from a tree 砍掉;剪去(尤指树枝) b remove branches from (a tree) 修剪(树木) 2 tr. (often foll. by 常后跟 off, away) remove (items) as superfluous 删除,删减(项目) 3 intr. (foll. by 后跟 at) make lopping strokes on (a tree etc.) 砍(树等) ●n. parts lopped off, esp. branches and twigs of trees 砍去部分(尤指树枝和枝条) □ lop and top (or crop) the trimmings of a tree (修剪下来的)树枝和树梢 □ lopper n.[Middle English from Old English: perhaps related to Lithuanian lùpti ‘to strip or peel’] |