| 释义 |
chop·per
I. \ˈchäpə(r)\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: chop (I) + -er
1.
a. : a person who cuts something (as wood) off, up, or into segments (as with an ax or knife); specifically : a logger that fells and lops trees
b. : a person who chops or cuts into segments with a machine-driven implement (as a slaughterhouse worker who operates a meat-chopping machine or a worker who operates a machine that cuts fur from pelts)
2. : an implement (as an ax or knife) or mechanical device worked by machine or by hand and designed to chop or cut into segments: as
a. : a tool for thinning out plants in drills
b.
(1) : any domestic or commercial tool that chops food
(2) choppers plural, slang : teeth
c. or chopper tool : a stone tool with a handhold end rounded or unfinished and a lower end chipped to an edge which in the early Paleolithic of Asia takes the place of the biface hand ax of Europe
3. : a meat animal not especially suitable for sale in fresh butcher's cuts — used of an overweight or aged hog in Australia and New Zealand or an aged ewe in poor to moderate flesh in the United States
4. : a device that interrupts an electric current, a beam of light, or other radiation at short regular intervals
5. : a canary having a song with loud trills, each component note being distinct — distinguished from roller
6. : a gangster armed with a machine gun; also : a gangster's machine gun
7. slang : helicopter
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Hindi chappar sloping thatch, thatched roof, shed, hut, tester of a bed, from Sanskrit chattvara house
: a thatched roof
III. noun
1. : a high-bouncing batted baseball
2. : a customized motorcycle
IV. \ˈchäpə(r)\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: chopper (I)
: helicopter |