| 单词 | chopping-block |
| 释义 | > as lemmaschopping-block chopping-block n. a block or board used for chopping food, etc.; also transferred (colloquial), e.g. applied to a boxer who sustains steady punishment. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > work-benches, seats, etc. > [noun] > block > for chopping on hagstock1402 hackstock1411 hacking stock1542 chopping-board1675 chopping-block1680 hacking-block1688 hack-log1822 hag-block1822 hag clog1822 1680 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. xii. 204 The Chopping-Block is..made of a piece of Elm-Tree. 1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 388 The Chopping-block is used for reducing bricks to any required form by means of the axe. 1865 P. H. Gosse Land & Sea (1874) 118 A thrush's chopping-block..birds of this family feed largely on snails, and..carry their prey to some selected stone, against which they hammer. 1926 T. E. Lawrence Seven Pillars (subscribers' ed.) vi. 31 We found them just kept chopping-blocks of their commanders' viler passions. 1928 Daily Express 10 Aug. 15/6 The New Zealander was outclassed by the champion, and in the last three rounds was only a chopping block, but game to the last. 1930 Times Lit. Suppl. 29 May 455/1 Xenophon's ‘Anabasis’, made a chopping-block for generations of schoolboys. 1960 ‘B. Mather’ Pass beyond Kashmir v. 74 That got him nowhere except as a chopping block for four of them working in shifts. < as lemmas |
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