chop off
phrasal verbchop something off (something)
- to remove something by cutting it with a sharp tool
砍掉；砍下；砍断 - He chopped a branch off the tree.
他从那棵树上砍下一根树枝。 - (informal) Anne Boleyn had her head chopped off.
安妮·博林被斩首。 - He chopped off the small branches before cutting down the tree.
他砍掉小树枝后才砍树。
- He chopped a branch off the tree.