| 释义 |
chop1 /chop/ transitive verb (choppˈing; chopped)- To cut with a sudden blow (away, down, off, etc)
- To cut into small pieces
- To strike with a sharp blow (karate; also intransitive verb)
- To thrust or clap (archaic)
- To reduce greatly or abolish (informal)
intransitive verb- To hack
- To come suddenly or accidentally (archaic)
- To thrust (archaic)
- To crack or fissure
- To take a direction (meaning converging with chop2)
noun- An act of chopping
- Chopped food
- A piece cut off
- A slice of mutton, lamb or pork, usu containing a rib
- Food (W Afr informal)
- A share (Aust and NZ sl)
- A crack
- A sharp downward blow
- (with the) dismissal (informal)
ORIGIN: A form of chap1 choppˈer noun - A person or thing that chops
- A cleaver
- A helicopter (slang)
- The penis (slang)
- A type of motorcycle or bicycle with very high handlebars and a low saddle
- A device for intermittently interrupting an electric current or beam of radiation
- A submachine-gun (slang)
- (in pl) teeth (slang)
choppˈily adverb choppˈiness noun choppˈing noun and adjective choppˈy adjective - Full of chops or cracks
- (of the sea, etc) running in irregular waves, rough (also choppˈing)
chopˈ-house noun - Esp formerly, a house where mutton-chops and beefsteaks are served
- An eating-house
choppˈing-block or choppˈing-board noun One on which material to be chopped is placed choppˈing-knife noun A knife for chopping or mincing meat chop at To aim a blow at chop in To break in, interrupt chop up To cut into small pieces for the chop (informal) About to be dismissed or killed get the chop (informal) - To be dismissed from one's job, etc
- To be killed
not much chop (Aust and NZ informal) Not much good on the chopping block In serious danger of being abolished or discarded |