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lop

/lop/US // lɒp //UK // (lɒp) //

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v.有主动词 verb
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    lopped, lop·ping.

    • : to cut off from a tree or other plant.
    • : to cut off from a person, animal, etc.
    • : to cut off the branches, twigs, etc., of.
    • : to eliminate as unnecessary or excessive: We had to lop off whole pages of the report before presenting it to the committee.
    • : Archaic. to cut off the head, limbs, etc., of.
v.无主动词 verb
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    lopped, lop·ping.

    • : to cut off branches, twigs, etc., as of a tree.
    • : to remove parts by or as by cutting.
n.名词 noun
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    • : parts or a part lopped off.
    • : the smaller branches and twigs not useful as timber.

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Examples

  • He was dubbed Jack the Lop Ear and has become somewhat of a local celebrity.

  • Lop off the endnotes and bibliography, and The Measure of Manhattan is barely 300 pages.

  • For a summer cut her mother would lop off the braids, leaving her with a chic bob for the warmer months.

  • Meanwhile, mortgage modifications and foreclosures continue to lop off mortgage debt.

  • A lop-sided power structure gives everyone the wrong incentives.

  • Good place to lop about, y' know; a decent place to sit, and a few books and cards and that sort of thing.

  • The doors and the holes for windows are crooked and lop-sided as they would be in a childish attempt.

  • The first I knew, Lop-Ear had shrunk away to one side and was crouching low against the bank.

  • The first morning, after my night's sleep with Lop-Ear, I learned the advantage of the narrow-mouthed caves.

  • Lop-Ear was a year older than I, but I was several times angrier than he, and in the end he took to his heels.