chop

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chop1 /tʃɒp $ tʃɑːp/ S3 verb (chopped, chopping) [transitiveT]

1 CUT something (also chop up)CUT to cut something into smaller pieces 切，劈，砍

He went outside to chop some more wood for the fire.

他出去再砍些木材来生火。

Can you chop up some carrots for me?

你能帮我切一些胡萝卜吗？

Add two finely chopped onions and a clove of garlic.

加上两个切碎的洋葱和一瓣大蒜。

chop something into pieces/chunks etc

Chop the meat into small cubes.

把肉切丁。

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2 REDUCE something informalREDUCE to reduce an amount of money by a large amount 〔大幅度〕削减〔钱〕

He suddenly found that his income had been chopped in half.

他忽然发现自己的收入减少了一半。

3 chop and change CHANGE YOUR MIND British EnglishBrE informal to keep changing your mind 不停改变主意；变化无常

You can’t keep chopping and changing like this!

你不可以这样变来变去！

Examples from the Corpus

chop and change• In the past century the institutions and the external stimuli affecting the relation between finance and industry have been chopped and changed.• In other words, subordinates are unsettled by a boss who chops and changes between autocracy, persuasion, consultation and democracy.• Don't chop and change from one style to another. It confuses the reader.• I was still chopping and changing lyrics and order of jokes.• I wish they wouldn't keep chopping and changing. There's a different team on the field every week.• So you won't have to chop and change your chops to make sure they're done evenly.

4 chop at something phrasal verbphr v SWING A TOOLCUTto hit something with a sharp tool in order to cut it 砍，劈

They chopped at the bushes with their knives.

他们用刀劈开灌木丛。

Examples from the Corpus

chop at • There was Mrs Katz, impossibly animated, chopping at her mind.• He turned and waded back into the wheat and chopped at it with a shovel.• We watched the men bundle up their parachutes and move off through the dense undergrowth, chopping at it with jungle machetes.• And I would rather do anything than chop at stumps that were bigger across than a small crowd.• And there were men chopping at the trees.

5 chop something ↔ down phrasal verbphr v CUTto make a tree fall down by cutting it with a sharp tool 砍倒，伐倒

A couple of the older trees will have to be chopped down.

有几棵老树必须砍掉。

Large areas of rainforest are being chopped down every day.

每天都有大片热带雨林遭砍伐。

Examples from the Corpus

chop down• Go ta work, chop him down.• Treetops towered above us as we chopped our way down.• You did right chopping the Governor down and setting fire to the forum - but don't tell them I said so.• When he got to the bottom, Jack chopped the beanstalk down, and the giant fell to the ground, dead.• Process until very finely chopped, scrape down sides when necessary.• These powerful mountain-dwelling Elves leapt among the Naggarothi assassins and chopped them down with their great axes, saving Caledor's life.• No one has had the energy to chop it all down yet.

6 chop something ↔ off phrasal verbphr v CUTto remove something by cutting it with a sharp tool 〔用利器〕砍掉，砍断

The branch had been chopped off.

这根树枝已经被砍断了。

Examples from the Corpus

chop off• Man, I know a guy, they chopped his pinky off.• The tiebreak, chopping sets off in their prime, ruled out a similarly epic match ever taking place again.• The Crows chopped joints off their fingers in mourning so often that they hardly had a whole hand among them.

Examples from the Corpus

chop• The first day the lad chopped down ten large trees entirely by himself.• Over 200,000 jobs were chopped from the payrolls in November.• You're standing on a high cliff, chopped off and adumbrated by the heaving green of the sea.• Firms with shorter names like Boeing do not get chopped off.• I think my mother chopped the nuts a little finer.• As soon attempt to slice water with a sword, or chop up the sea.• Another three, including a grandmother, were shot dead in their beds, the corpses dragged outside and chopped up.• He actually chops wood and aids an old woman.

finely chopped• Salt and freshly ground black pepper. 1/4 lemon, very finely chopped.• Fresh mint is also good finely chopped and sprinkled over buttery new potatoes or peas.• A summery variation is to add finely chopped cress.• A little finely chopped fresh coriander may also be added for colour.• Mix with the finely chopped shallots, tarragon and parsley.• Fill each half with a finely chopped tomato.

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