chop
v. 砍,切; 降低
n. 排骨; 掌劈
If you chop something, you cut it into pieces with strong downward movements of a knife or an axe.
Chop the butter into small pieces...
把黃油切成小片。
Chop the onions very finely...
把洋蔥切碎。
A chop is a small piece of meat cut from the ribs of a sheep or pig.
...grilled lamb chops.
烤羊排
When people chop and change, they keep changing their minds about what to do or how to act.
Don't ask me why they have chopped and changed so much.
別問我為什麼他們一會兒一個主意。
If something is for the chop or is going to get the chop, it is going to be stopped or closed. If someone is for the chop, they are going to lose their job or position.
He won't say which programmes are for the chop...
他不願說哪些專案將被斃掉。
I was both disappointed and amazed when I got the chop from the Wales team.
我被威爾士隊解聘時,既失望又錯愕。
1. a small cut of meat including part of a rib
2. a tennis return made with a downward motion that puts backspin on the ball
3. a grounder that bounces high in the air
1. cut into pieces;
2. move suddenly
3. strike sharply, as in some sports
4. cut with a hacking tool
5. hit sharply
chop, cut, hack
這些動詞均有"切,砍"之意。
the chop
(英,非正式)解僱
chop logic
學究般令人厭煩地爭辯;詭辯
not much chop
(非正式,主 澳/紐西蘭)令人不滿的,不行的
The tall poppy gets the chop.
槍打領頭鳥,斧砍長頭草.
He struck off the branch with a single chop of the ax.
他一斧子就砍掉了那根樹枝.
That is sobering for anybody tempted to chop down rainforest and plant something more immediately lucrative.
這讓那些想砍倒雨林後種植更短期見利的樹種的人清醒了.
You're not going to chop up my advertising budget, again?
你不會又要砍我的廣告預算 吧 ?
Every day, the woodman would set out early in the morning to chop down trees.
每天早上, 樵夫總是很早就出去砍柴.