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chucking

/chuhk/US // tʃʌk //UK // (tʃʌk) //

咯咯笑,咯吱咯吱,咯咯咯,咯咯叫

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to toss; throw with a quick motion, usually a short distance: Chuck that book to me, will you?
    • : Informal. to resign from; relinquish; give up: He's chucked his job.
    • : to pat, tap, or stroke lightly, as under the chin: She chucks her grown son under his chin as if he were still a baby.
    • : Informal. to eject from a public place: They chucked him from the bar.I've been chucked out of better places than this!
    • : Slang. to vomit; upchuck: It's the third time this week the dog's chucked his dinner.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a light pat, tap, or stroke, as under the chin: Let Grammy give her angel a little chuck.
    • : a toss or pitch; a short throw: Give it a chuck over here.
    • : a sudden jerk or change in direction: She gave the toboggan a chuck and we all tumbled off into the snow.

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Examples

  • Elimination is your watchword, whether chucking 20th century memorabilia or relationships hinged on reminiscence.

  • He might pay their debts, that was one thing; it was another to make their gallery beautiful by chucking their pictures.

  • As a matter of fact, I wouldn't blame Mrs. Clephane, nor any other woman, for chucking such a husband out of the boat.

  • You can only get what you want, what your soul wants, by chucking away all that you have.

  • But I heard, presently, that he had told her he was "chucking the army."

  • "Chucking you off of a train without waiting for the train to stop, that's what," expounded the aggrieved Mr. Stanton.