单词	chop
释义	verb | noun chopchop1 /tʃɑp/ ●●● S3 W3 verb (chopped, chopping) Etymology ETYMOLOGYchop1 Origin: 1300-1400 Perhaps from chap; ➔ CHAPPED Verb Table VERB TABLE chop Simple Form Present I, you, we, they chop he, she, it chops Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they chopped Present perfect I, you, we, they have chopped he, she, it has chopped Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had chopped Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will chop Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have chopped Continuous Form Present I am chopping he, she, it is chopping you, we, they are chopping Past I, he, she, it was chopping you, we, they were chopping Present perfect I, you, we, they have been chopping he, she, it has been chopping Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been chopping Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be chopping Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been chopping Collocations COLLOCATIONS► finely/coarsely chopped (=cut into small or large pieces) Thesaurus THESAURUSdivide something into pieces► cut to use a knife, scissors, etc. to divide something into two or more pieces, or to remove a piece from the main part of something:  Let me cut the cake. Using scissors, cut carefully along the dotted lines. ► chop (up) to cut meat, vegetables, or wood into pieces:  Chop the garlic into small pieces and put it in the pan. ► slice to cut bread, meat, or vegetables into thin pieces:  She sliced some bread and put it on a plate. ► dice to cut vegetables or meat into small square pieces:  Dice the tomatoes and onions the same size. ► peel to cut the outside part off an apple, potato, etc.:  Are you going to peel the potatoes or leave the skins on? ► carve to cut pieces from a large piece of meat:  Who’s going to carve the turkey this year? ► shred to cut vegetables into small thin pieces:  He shredded the carrots and put them on top of the salad. ► grate to cut cheese, vegetables, etc. into small pieces using a grater:  I scraped my finger while I was grating the cheese. 1 [transitive] chop something up to cut something such as food or wood into smaller pieces: chop something into pieces/chunks/cubes etc. Chop the carrots into bite-sized pieces.finely/coarsely chopped (=cut into small or large pieces)► see thesaurus at cut12[transitive] to reduce the number or amount of something, especially by a lot:  Over 200,000 jobs have been chopped this year.chop something off The university chopped off $22 million from the budget.3[intransitive always + adv./prep.] to swing a sharp heavy tool such as an ax in order to cut something: chop (away) at something Volunteers chopped away at the weeds covering the field.chop through something The rope was so thick we couldn’t chop through it.4chop wood to cut trees into pieces using an ax, usually to be burned in a fire:  He’s out back chopping wood.5[transitive] to hit a ball in a quick downward way, using a bat, racket, etc.chop something ↔ down phrasal verb to make a tree or large plant fall down by cutting it with a sharp tool such as an ax SYN cut down:  He chopped down the trees and built most of the house himself.chop something off phrasal verb to remove something by cutting it with a sharp tool so that it is not connected to something else anymore SYN cut off:  She chopped off all her hair. Chop some of the lower branches off. verb | noun chopchop2 noun [countable] 1a small flat piece of meat on a bone, usually cut from a sheep or pig:  pork chops and applesauce2a sudden downward movement with your hand:  a karate chop3chops [plural] informal the part of your face that includes your mouth and jaw:  The woman hit me right in the chops.4the act of hitting something once with a sharp tool such as an ax → see also lick your lips/chops at lick1 (4)
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