cut (something) into small pieces with repeated sharp blows using an axe or knife
（用斧或刀）砍，劈，剁
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they chopped up the pulpit for firewood 他们把讲道台劈了当柴火
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finely chop200g of skipjack tuna .将２００克鲣鱼剁细。
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砍下，劈下，剁下
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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）
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the boy chopped down eight trees 那男孩砍倒了八棵树
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[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
强行废止，取消；缩小
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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
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an effective chop to the back of the neck .对准颈后有效的一击。
a thick slice of meat, especially pork or lamb adjacent to, and typically including, a rib
肉排。
〈澳／新西兰，非正式〉 应得的一份。
[mass noun]
〈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
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we started our run into a two-foot chop .我们开始跑进两英尺高的碎浪。
〈英， 非正式〉 反复突然改变看法（或行为），反复无常，朝三暮四。
〈英，古〉 商标；品牌。
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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 -
chop logic argue in a tiresomely pedantic way; quibble. 学究般令人厌烦地争辩；诡辩 -
［ORIGIN mid 16th cent. from a dialect use of
chop meaning ‘bandy words’．］
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chopv.砍；劈；剁；反复突然改变看法；反复无常；朝三暮四；砍下；剁下；取消；缩小
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chipn.片屑；切屑；碎片；炸薯条；筹码；撮踢；切削球；缺口；凹口；（足球）吊射
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chapv.皴裂；皲裂；使…皴裂
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cropn.作物；庄稼；平头；嗉囊；收成；一批；丰富；一系列；一熟
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copn.警察；精明；明智；管纱；纬管
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shopn.商店；店铺；车间；工场；作坊；办公室；购物；工作室
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