lop off

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything, especially to prune a small limb off a shrub or tree, or sometimes to behead someone. transitive
    — Sinkfield reduced his guests to myopic drunkenness one evening, induced them to bring forward their maps and charts, lop off a little here, add a bit there, and adjust the center of the county to meet his requirements. He sent them packing next day armed with their charts and five quarts of shinny in their saddlebags—two apiece and one for the Governor.

词形变化

lops off present,singular,third-person lopping off participle,present lopped off participle,past lopped off past

词源

See lop.
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