phrasal verbphr vCUTto make a tree fall down by cutting it with a sharptool 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.• Treetopstoweredabove us as we chopped our way down.• You did right chopping the Governor down and settingfire to the forum - but don't tell them I said so.• When he got to the bottom, Jackchopped 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 Elvesleapt 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.