单词 | chopper |
释义 | chopper /chop"euhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that chops. 2. a short ax with a large blade, used for cutting up meat, fish, etc.; butcher's cleaver. 3. a prehistoric implement made by striking flakes off one or both sides of a stone, considered the oldest known worked stone tool. 4. choppers, Slang. the teeth. 5. Informal. a helicopter. 6. Slang. a motorcycle. 7. a device for interrupting an electric current or a beam of light at regular intervals. v.i. 8. Informal. a. to travel by helicopter: We choppered into midtown from the airport. b. to travel by motorcycle. [1545-55; 1950-55 for def. 5; CHOP1 + -ER1] |
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