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美音:[lɔp ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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vt.修剪,砍伐,斩 vi.下垂,闲荡 adj.垂下的 n.砍下的部分,垂耳兔

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名词:lopper 动词过去式:lopped 过去分词:lopped 现在分词:lopping 第三人称单数:lops

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lop


/lɒp; lɑp/
v (-pp-)
1 [Tn] cut branches, twigs, etc off (a tree) 剪去, 砍去(树)枝等.
2 (phr v) lop sth off/away remove (branches, twigs, etc) from a tree, etc by cutting (从树上等)剪除, 砍掉(树枝等)
*He had his arm lopped off by an electric saw. 他让电锯给锯掉了一条胳膊.

lop


v alsolop offpast tense and past participleloppedpresent participlelopping [T]

[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: lop 'small branches cut off' (15-20 centuries)]
alsolop off
to cut something, especially branches from a tree, usually with a single strong movement
= chop, chop off chop off
 Workmen have lopped off more branches in an effort to save the tree.
alsolop off
to reduce an amount, especially of money, by a particular amount
 They lopped £16 off the price.
lop sth from sth
 Citicorp plans to lop $1.5 billion a year from its operating costs.