英语词源
- chopping (adj.)
- "large and thriving," 1560s, past participle adjective from chop (v.). Compare strapping, whopping in similar sense.
chopping. An epithet frequently applied to infants, by way of ludicrous commendation: imagined by Skinner to signify lusty, from cas Sax. by others to mean a child that would bring money at a market. Perhaps a greedy, hungry child, likely to live. [Johnson]
权威例句
- 1. Use separate chopping boards for raw meats, cooked meats, vegetables and salads.
- 切生肉、熟肉、蔬菜和拌色拉的青菜时要使用不同的切菜板。
- 2. Wear rubber gloves while chopping chillies as they can irritate the skin.
- 切辣椒时要戴橡胶手套，因为辣椒会刺激皮肤。
- 3. He made a neat chopping motion with his hand.
- 他挥手做了一个干净利落的劈砍的动作。
- 4. Visitors were set to work chopping wood.
- 游客们被安排去劈柴。
- 5. He was preparing fodder, chopping finely and mixing thoroughly.
- 他在准备饲料, 把它切碎,拌好.