词汇 | chop |
释义 | chop verb [ T ] uk/tʃɒp/ us/tʃɑːp/ -pp- B2 劈;砍;剁碎,切碎 to cut something into pieces with an axe, knife, or other sharp instrument He was chopping wood in the yard. 他在院子里劈木头。 Add some fresh parsley, finely chopped. 加一些剁碎的新鲜欧芹。 Chop (up) the onions and carrots roughly. 把洋葱和胡萝卜切成大块。 informal Laura had her hair chopped (= cut) yesterday. 劳拉昨天去剪了发。 减少,削减(资金或生意);终止(生意) If something is chopped in business, it is stopped or reduced. Because of lack of funding many long-term research projects are being chopped. 因为缺乏资金,许多长期的研究项目被砍掉了。
Idiom chop and changeidiom UK (主意、观点、活动或工作)不断改变,变来变去,变化无常 to keep changing your ideas, opinions, activities, or job After six months of chopping and changing, we've decided to go back to our old system. 经过6个月的反反复复,最后我们决定还是沿用原来的系统。 Phrasal verbs chop something downC2 砍倒;伐倒 to cut through something to make it fall down Most of the diseased trees were chopped down last year. 大多数病树去年被伐掉了。 chop something off 砍掉;削掉;劈下 to cut off part of something with a sharp tool Two of his fingers were chopped off in the accident. 他的两根手指在事故中被削掉了。 chop noun [ C ] uk/tʃɒp/ us/tʃɑːp/ (MEAT) 带骨的肉块;排骨 a small piece of meat with a bone still in it a lamb/pork chop 羊/猪排 (CUT) 剁;砍;劈;切 an act of cutting something with an axe, knife, or other sharp instrument the chop mainly UK (US usually the axe)解雇;裁员 the situation in which your job is taken away from you, either because you have done something wrong or as a way of saving money If you're late for work again, you'll be for the chop. 你上班再迟到就要被解雇。 Anyone stepping out of line is liable to get the chop. 凡是不守规矩的人都有可能被解雇。 Hundreds of workers at the factory have already been given the chop. 工厂的几百号工人已经被裁掉。 (MOUTH) chops [ plural ] informal(人或动物)嘴周围的地方 the area of the face surrounding the mouth of a person or an animal a dog licking its chops 舔嘴的狗 I'll give him a smack in the chops if he doesn't shut up. 要是他不闭嘴,我就给他一嘴巴子。 He walked up to Bill and belted him in the chops. After all that talking, my chops are tired. I'd never been closer to giving him a slap in the chops. (ABILITY) chops [ plural ] mainly US informal 演奏乐器技巧;吹管乐器(如萨克斯)时用嘴的方式 ability and technical skill, especially in playing a musical instrument or in acting The players show their jazz chops and modern sensibility. 这些乐手表现出他们的爵士技巧和现代乐感。 His role in the movie earned him his actor's chops. Her superb songwriting chops are on display in this album. His acting chops were honed at the Julliard School. They were able to show off their culinary chops at a competition in London. (做好…所需的)能力,技巧,经验 the ability, skill, or experience needed to do something well She just doesn't have the chops for this demanding role. 她只是没有能力胜任这个高要求的角色。 Children as young as two already have the mental chops to understand politeness. If anyone has the chops to get the department back on track, it's definitely Donaldson. She's got chops - we would never have succeeded without her. You need to have management skills, not just technical chops. |
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