chop
chop1
(chopped, chopping)
the chop
chop2
(chopped, chopping)
chop3
noun
not much chop
(chopped, chopping)
- [with obj.]cut (something) into small pieces with repeated sharp blows using an axe or knife
（用斧或刀）砍，劈，剁
they chopped up the pulpit for firewood.
他们把讲道台劈了当柴火。
finely chop 200 g of skipjack tuna.
将200克鲣鱼剁细。
■(chop something off)remove by cutting
砍下，劈下，剁下
a paper guillotine chopped off all four fingers.
切纸机将四根手指都剁掉了。
■cut through the base of (something, especially a tree) with blows from an axe or similar implement, in order to fell it
（用斧子等工具）砍伐，砍倒（尤指树）
the boy chopped down eight trees.
那男孩砍倒了八棵树。
[no obj.]the men were chopping at the undergrowth with machetes.
男人们用大砍刀砍伐树下的灌木丛。
■strike (a ball) with a short heavy blow, as if cutting at something
削（球）
■(一般作 be chopped)abolish or reduce the size or extent of (something) in a way regarded as brutally sudden
强行废止，取消；缩小
their training courses are to be chopped.
他们的培训课程将被取消。
- a downward cutting blow or movement, typically with the hand
（尤指用手的）切击，劈
an effective chop to the back of the neck.
对准颈后有效一击。 - a thick slice of meat, especially pork or lamb adjacent to, and typically including, a rib
肉排
■(Austral./NZ informal)a person's share of something
(澳/新西兰，非正式)应得的一份 - [mass noun](N. Amer.)crushed or ground grain used as animal feed
(北美)（谷物碾碎制成）动物饲料 - [in sing.]the broken motion of water, typically owing to the action of the wind against the tide
（尤指浪潮顶风形成的）碎浪
we started our run into a two-foot chop.
我们开始跑进两英尺高的碎浪。
the chop
- (Brit. informal)the dismissal of someone from employment
(英，非正式)解雇
hundreds more workers have been given the chop.
又有几百名工人被解雇。
■the cancellation or abolition of something
取消；废除
all these projects are destined for the chop.
所有这些工程注定要被取消。
■the action of killing someone or the fact of being killed
杀人；被杀
seven men we all knew had got the chop.
我们认识的七个男人被杀了。
- argue in a tiresomely pedantic way; quibble
学究般令人厌烦地争辩；诡辩
- late Middle English: variant of chap
chop2
(chopped, chopping)
- (用于短语 chop and change)(Brit. informal)change one's opinions or behaviour repeatedly and abruptly, typically for no good reason
(英，非正式)反复突然改变看法（或行为），反复无常，朝三暮四
- late Middle English (in the sense 'barter, exchange'): perhaps related to Old English cēap 'bargaining, trade'; compare with chap- in chapman
chop3
noun
- (Brit. archaic)a trademark; a brand of goods
(英，古)商标；品牌
not much chop
- (informal, chiefly Austral./NZ)unsatisfactory
(非正式，主 澳／新西兰)令人不满的，不行的
that veranda's not much chop in bad weather.
天气不好时，那阳台就不令人满意了。
- early 19th cent.: from Hindi chāp 'stamp, brand'. The original use was in the Indian subcontinent, and subsequently in China, to denote an official stamp or seal, later a licence or permit validated by such a stamp
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