(chopped, chopping)with obj.
1- cut (something) into small pieces with repeated sharp blows using an axe or knife（用斧或刀）砍, 劈, 剁：
they chopped up the pulpit for firewood
他们把讲道台劈了当柴火
finely chop 200g of skipjack tuna.
将200克鲣鱼剁细。
1.1
chop something off
remove by cutting砍下, 劈下, 剁下：a paper guillotine chopped off all four fingers.
切纸机将四根手指都剁掉了。
1.2
- cut through the base of (something, especially a tree) with blows from an axe or similar implement, in order to fell it（用斧子等工具）砍伐, 砍倒（尤指树）：
the boy chopped down eight trees
那男孩砍倒了八棵树
no obj. the men were chopping at the undergrowth with machetes.男人们用大砍刀砍伐树下的灌木丛。
1.3
- strike (a ball) with a short heavy blow, as if cutting at something削（球）。
1.4
- （一般作be chopped）abolish or reduce the size or extent of (something) in a way regarded as brutally sudden强行废止, 取消; 缩小：
their training courses are to be chopped.
他们的培训课程将被取消。
1
- a downward cutting blow or movement, typically with the hand（尤指用手的）切击, 劈：
an effective chop to the back of the neck.
对准颈后有效的一击。
2
- a thick slice of meat, especially pork or lamb adjacent to, and typically including, a rib肉排。
2.1
- Austral./NZ informal a person's share of something〈澳/新西兰, 非正式〉应得的一份。
3
- mass noun N. Amer. crushed or ground grain used as animal feed〈北美〉（谷物碾碎制成）动物饲料。
4
- in sing. the broken motion of water, typically owing to the action of the wind against the tide（尤指浪潮顶风形成的）碎浪：
we started our run into a two-foot chop.
我们开始跑进两英尺高的碎浪。
短语
the chop
1
- Brit. informal the dismissal of someone from employment〈英, 非正式〉解雇：
hundreds more workers have been given the chop.
又有几百名工人被解雇。
1.1
- the cancellation or abolition of something取消; 废除：
all these projects are destined for the chop.
所有这些工程注定要被取消。
1.2
- the action of killing someone or the fact of being killed杀人; 被杀：
seven men we all knew had got the chop.
我们认识的七个男人被杀了。
chop logic
- argue in a tiresomely pedantic way; quibble.学究般令人厌烦地争辩; 诡辩。
- ORIGIN: mid 16th cent.: from a dialect use of chop meaning 'bandy words'.
词源
late Middle English: variant of CHAP1.
(chopped, chopping)(用于短语chop and change)
- Brit. informal change one's opinions or behaviour repeatedly and abruptly, typically for no good reason〈英, 非正式〉反复突然改变看法（或行为）, 反复无常, 朝三暮四。
词源
late Middle English （in the sense 'barter， exchange'）： perhaps related to Old English cēap 'bargaining， trade'; compare with chap- in CHAPMAN.
- Brit. archaic a trademark; a brand of goods.〈英, 古〉 商标; 品牌。
短语
not much chop
- informal, chiefly Austral./NZ unsatisfactory〈非正式, 主澳/新西兰〉令人不满的, 不行的：
that veranda's not much chop in bad weather.
天气不好时, 那阳台就不令人满意了。
词源
early 19th cent.: from Hindi chāp'stamp， brand'. The original use was in the Indian subcontinent， and subsequently in China， to denote an official stamp or seal， later a licence or permit validated by such a stamp.