| 单词 | to chop and change |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto chop and change 4. to chop and change: an alliterative phrase in which, as the force of the word chop has become indistinct, the meaning has passed from that of ‘to barter’ to that of ‘to change, alter’. extracted from chopv.2 a. intransitive. To practise bartering; buy and sell; bargain with. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > barter > [verb (intransitive)] chopc1485 to chop and changec1485 barterc1503 truck1588 scorse1589 rap1699 swap1778 dicker1797 handel1850 c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) v. 641 I..choppe and chaunge with symonye, and take large yiftes. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) 2 Cor. ii. 17 Many..which choppe and chaunge with the worde of God. 1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 197 A hundred thousand persons come thither to choppe and change. 1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea xlii. 99 To speake with some of the Indians..to see, if they would..chop and change with vs. b. transitive. To buy and sell, exchange; also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > barter > [verb (transitive)] interchangec1374 changea1382 barterc1440 corsec1440 rore1440 truckc1440 coss14.. scorse1509 chafferc1535 to chop and change1549 chop1554 cope1570 excourse1593 swap1594 coupc1610 exchange1614 to trade off1676 rap1699 dicker1864 horse-trade1924 1549 E. Allen tr. L. Juda Paraphr. Reuelacion S. John f. 29, in M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II She hath chopped and changed it; yea she hath solde it. 1558 Will of Christopher Alee (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/42A) f. 141 Shall neither give, sell, choppe nor chaunge any part. 1584 Copie of Let. conc. Erle of Leycester 68 He that may chop & chaunge, what landes he lysteth with her Maj. 1590 H. Barrow in H. Barrow & J. Greenwood Coll. Certain Lett. & Conf. i. 6 You buy and sell, chop and change your ecclesiasticall offices..as horses in a faire. 1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour vii. xxxix. 212 He was continually chopping and changing his horses. c. intransitive or absol. To change one's tactics or ways, to make frequent changes; to change about. ΘΠ the world > time > change > exchange > [verb (intransitive)] changea1387 to chop and change?1541 swap1809 trade1949 ?1541 M. Coverdale Confut. Standish sig. kvjv Euen as ye peruerte the wordes of holy scripture..as ye choppe and chaunge with it. 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. O7v They cannot content themselues with common, and vsuall fashions, but they must chop and chaunge euerie day with the worlde. 1635 F. Quarles Emblemes i. ix. 38 O who would trust this world..That..chops, and changes ev'ry minit! 1888 Poor Nellie 299 It is to be hoped he knows his own mind this time, and does not intend chopping and changing about again. d. transitive. To change, make different, alter. ΘΠ the world > time > change > change [verb (transitive)] wharvec897 wendOE i-wendeOE awendOE aturn?c1225 biwrixle?c1225 changec1225 turnc1225 shifta1325 vary1340 inchangea1382 strange1390 altera1398 alterate?a1425 permute?a1425 difference1481 renewc1515 alienate1534 wrixlec1540 to chop and change1557 variate1566 palter1587 permutate1598 immute1613 unmake1616 unsame1632 chop1644 veer1647 variegatea1690 refract1700 mutabilatea1704 commute1825 stranger1863 switch1919 1557 Bible (Whittingham) 1 Pet. ii. 2 (note) [That] they be not deceaued by them which chope and change it, and gyue poyson in stede of it. 1566 T. Stapleton Returne Vntruthes Jewelles Replie iv. 63 Thus he choppeth and changeth his minde. 1662 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 3rd Pt. 28 [Laban] chopping and changing his wages so oft. 1724 A. Collins Disc. Grounds Christian Relig. 222 To chop and change the whole Old Testament as he pleases. < as lemmas |
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