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单词 lop
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
lop1 /lɑp/USA pronunciation   v., lopped, lop•ping. 
  1. Surgeryto cut off (a limb or part) from something: [+ object + off]lopped the villain's head off.[+ off + object]lopped off a few branches.
  2. to eliminate as unnecessary: [+ off + object]We had to lop off pages of the report.[+ object + off]We had to lop them off.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
lop1  (lop),USA pronunciation v., lopped, lop•ping, n. 
v.t. 
  1. Botanyto cut off (branches, twigs, etc.) from a tree or other plant.
  2. Surgeryto cut off (a limb, part, or the like) from a person, animal, etc.
  3. Botanyto cut off the branches, twigs, etc., of (a tree or other plant).
  4. to eliminate as unnecessary or excessive:We had to lop off whole pages of the report before presenting it to the committee.
  5. [Archaic.]to cut off the head, limbs, etc., of (a person).

v.i. 
  1. Botanyto cut off branches, twigs, etc., as of a tree.
  2. to remove parts by or as by cutting.

n. 
  1. parts or a part lopped off.
  2. Botany(of trees) the smaller branches and twigs not useful as timber.
  • 1375–1425; late Middle English loppe part or parts cut off; perh. akin to Old English loppe spider (see lop2, lobster

lop2  (lop),USA pronunciation v., lopped, lop•ping, adj. 
v.i. 
  1. to hang loosely or limply;
    droop.
  2. to sway, move, or go in a drooping or heavy, awkward way.
  3. to move in short, quick leaps:a rabbit lopping through the garden.

v.t. 
  1. to let hang or droop:He lopped his arms at his sides in utter exhaustion.

adj. 
  1. hanging down limply or droopingly:lop ears.
  • 1570–80; verb, verbal use of obsolete lop spider or lop dangling part of a tree (see lop1); literally, to behave like a lop, i.e., to dangle, hang loosely. See lob1

LOP, [Navig.]
  1. Nautical, Naval TermsSee line of position. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
lop /lɒp/ vb (lops, lopping, lopped)(transitive) usually followed by off:
  1. to sever (parts) from a tree, body, etc, esp with swift strokes
  2. to cut out or eliminate from as excessive
n
  1. a part or parts lopped off, as from a tree
Etymology: 15th Century loppe branches cut off; compare lob1

ˈlopper n
lop /lɒp/ vb (lops, lopping, lopped)
  1. to hang or allow to hang loosely
  2. (intransitive) to slouch about or move awkwardly
  3. (intransitive)
    a less common word for lope
Etymology: 16th Century: perhaps related to lop1; compare lob1
lop /lɒp/ n
  1. Northern English dialect a flea
Etymology: probably from Old Norse hloppa (unattested) flea, from hlaupa to leap
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