chunk
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++chunk /tʃʌŋk/ ●●○ noun [countable] 1 PIECEa large thick piece of something that does not have an even shape 厚块，大块 ice chunks 大冰块chunk of a chunk of bread 一大块面包► see thesaurus at piece →5 see picture at 见图 piece12 PARTa large part or amount of something 大量；大部分 The rent takes a large chunk out of my monthly salary. 房租占去我月薪的一大部分。chunk of A huge chunk of the audience got up and left before the end of the show. 演出还没结束，一大批观众就起身离场了。3 a chunk of change American English informal a large amount of money 一大笔钱 Lurie risked a pretty big chunk of change on the race. 卢里在这次赛马上冒险押了一大笔注。
Examples from the Corpus
chunk• For dessert, cover lime sherbet with a blanket of chocolate chips or chocolate sandwich cookie chunks.• He has chunks of metal in one hip and both ankles, and he conceded to them for years.• Her normally lucid style had slipped and she had forgotten huge chunks of the recent past.• It's all cut in chunks.• Cut the potatoes into chunks and boil them for 15 minutes.• A large chunk of plaster had fallen from the ceiling.• You can move chunks of text directly from one document to another.• Peanut butter is best spread on chunks of crusty bread.• a can of pineapple chunks• pineapple chunks• A sizeable chunk of the costs gone straight away.• By contrast, total quality and continuous improvement concern themselves with improving performance in smaller chunks.chunk of• a 40 million-year-old chunk of amberOrigin chunk (1600-1700) → CHUCK2chunk nounChinese
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chunk /tʃʌŋk/
noun [countable]1. a large thick piece of something that does not have an even shape:
ice chunks
chunk of
a chunk of bread
2. a large part or amount of something:
The rent takes a large chunk out of my monthly salary.
chunk of
A huge chunk of the audience got up and left before the end of the show.
3. a chunk of change American English informal a large amount of money:
Lurie risked a pretty big chunk of change on the race.
▪ piece an amount of something that has been cut or separated from the main part: Could I have another piece of cake? | a piece of broken glass | Emma cut the pie into eight pieces.
▪bit a piece. Bit is more informal than piece and is often used about smaller pieces: The notes were written on bits of paper. | He threw a bit of wood onto the fire.
▪lump a small piece of something solid or firm that does not have a regular shape: two lumps of sugar | a lump of coal | a lump of clay
▪scrap a small piece of paper, cloth etc that is no longer needed: I wrote the phone number on a scrap of paper. | The dog was eating scraps of food off the floor.
▪strip a long narrow piece of cloth, paper etc: a strip of cloth | The leather had been cut into strips.
▪sheet a thin flat piece of something such as paper, glass, or metal: a blank sheet of paper | a sheet of aluminium
▪slice a thin flat piece of bread, cake, meat etc cut from a larger piece: a slice of pizza | Cut the tomatoes into thin slices.
▪chunk a piece of something solid that does not have a regular shape – used especially about food, rock, or metal: The fruit was cut into large chunks. | a chunk of bread
▪hunk a large piece with rough edges, which has been cut or has broken off a bigger piece of food, rock etc: a big hunk of cheese | hunks of concrete
▪block a piece of something solid, which has straight sides: concrete blocks | a block of cheese | a block of ice
▪slab a thick flat piece of stone, or of cake, meat etc: The floor had been made from stone slabs. | a slab of beef
▪cube a piece that has six square sides – used especially about food: a cube of sugar | ice cubes
▪wedge a piece that has a thick end and a pointed end, and is shaped like a triangle – used especially about food and metal: a wedge of cheese
▪bar a block of soap, chocolate, candy, or metal, which has straight sides: a chocolate bar | a bar of soap | gold bars worth more than £26 million
▪rasher British English a slice of bacon: I usually have two rashers of bacon for breakfast.
chunk /tʃʌŋk/
noun [countable]1. a large thick piece of something that does not have an even shape: chunk of
2. a large part or amount of something:
chunk of
3. a chunk of change American English informal a large amount of money:
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