| 单词 | lop |
| 释义 | Related topics: Gardeninglop /lɒp $ lɑːp/ (also lop off) verb (lopped, lopping) [transitive] 1 DLGCUTto cut something, especially branches from a tree, usually with a single strong movement 〔一般指猛地一下〕砍掉〔尤指树枝〕 SYN chop, chop off Workmen have lopped off more branches in an effort to save the tree. 为了救活这棵树，工人们砍下了更多的树枝。2 to reduce an amount, especially of money, by a particular amount 削减〔尤指金钱〕 They lopped £16 off the price. 他们削价16英镑。lop something from something Citicorp plans to lop $1.5 billion a year from its operating costs. 花旗银行计划每年削减15亿美元的运营成本。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuslop• In 1995, he lopped 1. 5 seconds off his 100 butterfly.• The building society has a discount which lops 2.36 per cent off its variable mortgage rate during the first year.• The cost-cutting efforts lopped $ 200 million from annual operating expenses.• A cull of 1,000 middle managers should lop a further £225m off costs.• Hrudey was a casualty of a team in dire financial trouble that wanted to lop off its higher-priced and older players.• I see developing trees with only two main growth arteries where one has been lopped off, leaving an odd-looking lopsided thing.• Kanishka's head and torso were lopped off long ago.• It lopped points off the government's rating in the opinion polls.Origin lop (1500-1600) lop “small branches cut off” ((15-20 centuries))lop verbChinese a something, tree, Corpus especially branches cut to from |
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