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chop1/tʃɒp/ v. & n.●v. tr. (chopped, chopping) 1 (usu. foll. by 通常后跟 off, down, etc.) cut or fell by a blow, usu. with an axe (通常指用斧子)砍，劈；伐，砍倒 2 (often foll. by 常后跟 up) cut (esp. meat or vegetables) into small pieces (尤指将肉或蔬菜)切碎，剁碎 3 strike (esp. a ball) with a short heavy edgewise blow 削击，切击(尤指球) 4 cut as if by chopping; dispense with; reduce, shorten 削减；屏弃；减少；缩短 chopped ￡ 100 off the budget 将预算削减 100 英镑; chopped the penultimate scene from the play 将该剧的倒数第二幕删掉; chopped his sentence short 为他减刑 ●n. 1 a cutting blow, esp. with an axe (尤指用斧子)砍；劈 2 a thick slice of meat (esp. pork or lamb) usu. including a rib (尤指猪肉或羊肉的)排骨，肋条肉 3 a short heavy edgewise stroke or blow in tennis, cricket, boxing, etc. (网球、板球、拳击等)削，切击 4 the broken motion of water, usu. owing to the action of the wind against the tide (通常风迎着潮水吹引起的)碎浪，水的碎裂运动 5 (prec. by 前接 the) Brit. slang [英] [俚语]a dismissal from employment 解雇，辞退 b the action of killing or being killed (被)杀死 c cancellation (of a project etc.) 取消(计划等) [Middle English, variant of CHAP1] |