单词 | lop |
释义 | lop (lɒp ) Word forms: lops , lopping , lopped Phrasal verbs: lop off 1. phrasal verb If you lop something off, you cut it away from what it was attached to, usually with a quick, strong stroke. Somebody lopped the heads off our tulips. [VERB noun PARTICLE] ...men with axes, lopping off branches. [VERB PARTICLE noun] His ponytail had been lopped off. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 2. phrasal verb If you lop an amount of money or time off something such as a budget or a schedule, you reduce the budget or schedule by that amount. [informal] The Air France plane lopped over four hours off the previous best time. [VERB noun PARTICLE noun] More than 100 million pounds will be lopped off the prison building programme. [VERB noun PARTICLE noun] |
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