| 单词 | chop |
| 释义 | chop (once / 338 pages) 1vn 2v 3n 4n To chop is to cut something by hacking at it. In many places, there are farms where you can chop down your own Christmas tree. When you chop wood, you usually hit it with an axe, splitting each length into narrow pieces. A chef uses a knife to chop, hacking an onion into tiny bits, for example. When it's a piece of meat that's cut so it's attached to a bone, such as part of a rib, it can be described as a chop — like a lamb chop. And if someone claps his hands at you and says, "Chop-chop!" he means "Hurry up!" WORD FAMILYchop: chopped, chopper, chopping, choppy, chops+/chopper: choppers/choppy: choppier, choppiest, choppily, choppiness USAGE EXAMPLESThe entrée was a Chinese-style dish of pasta with chopped vegetables. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) Instead, she opened a small advertising business while raising her daughter, Sydney, who inherited Mom’s musical chops. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) Chopping everything to a similar size will help it to cook evenly. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1v cut with a hacking tool Syn|Hypo|Hyper hack ax, axe chop or split with an ax cut separate with or as if with an instrument 2v cut into pieces Chop wood chop meat Syn|Hypo|Hyper chop up hash chop up mincecut into small pieces cut separate with or as if with an instrument 3v form or shape by chopping chop a hole in the ground Hyper create, make make or cause to be or to become 4v hit sharply Hyper hit, strike make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target 5v strike sharply, as in some sports Hyper strike deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon 6n a small cut of meat including part of a rib Hypo|Hyper mutton chop chop cut from a mature sheep lamb chop, lamb-chop, lambchopchop cut from a lamb porkchopchop cut from a hog cut, cut of meat a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass 7n a tennis return made with a downward motion that puts backspin on the ball Syn|Hyper chop shot return a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player 8n a grounder that bounces high in the air 2Syn|Hyper chopper ground ball, groundball, grounder, hopper (baseball) a hit that travels along the ground v move suddenly 3Hyper move move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion n the irregular motion of waves (usually caused by wind blowing in a direction opposite to the tide) 4the boat headed into the chop Hyper physical phenomenon a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy n a jaw I'll hit him on the chops Hyper jaw the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth |
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