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- a thick, solid piece of something厚块：
huge chunks of masonry littered the street.
好些大块砖石胡乱丢弃在街上。
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- in sing. a significant amount or part of something相当数量; 部分：
fuel takes a large chunk of their small income.
购买燃料花去了他们微薄收入的大部分。
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- Computing a section of information or data【计算机】知识块。
with obj.
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- N. Amer. divide (something) into chunks〈北美〉将…分成数份：
chunk four pounds of pears.
把四磅梨分成数份。
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- informal throw (something)〈非正式〉扔, 抛：
chunk a piece of wood on the fire, will you?
往火上加一块木头, 好吗？
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- (in psychology or linguistic analysis) group together (connected items or words) so that they can be stored or processed as single concepts（心理学或语言分析用语）将（相关条目或单词）组合（或归类、分类）（以便以单独概念存储或处理）。
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- Computing divide (data) into separate sections【计算机】切分, 切割（数据）：
to prepare hypertext, information is chunked into small, manageable units.
为了制作超文本, 信息被切割成可处理的小单位。
词源
late 17th cent.: apparently an alteration of CHUCK3 .