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单词 lop off
释义
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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