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lop /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 table

Examples from the Corpus

lop• 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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lop /lɒp $ lɑːp/ (also lop off) verb (past tense and past participle lopped, present participle lopping) [transitive]1. to cut something, especially branches from a tree, usually with a single strong movement
   SYN  chop, chop off:
    Workmen have lopped off more branches in an effort to save the tree.
2. to reduce an amount, especially of money, by a particular amount:
    They lopped £16 off the price.
    lop something from something
    Citicorp plans to lop $1.5 billion a year from its operating costs.

lopBrE /lɒp/ 🔊NAmE /lɑːp/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they lop BrE /lɒp/ 🔊 NAmE /lɑːp/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it lops BrE /lɒps/ 🔊 NAmE /lɑːps/ 🔊past simple lopped BrE /lɒpt/ 🔊 NAmE /lɑːpt/ 🔊past participle lopped BrE /lɒpt/ 🔊 NAmE /lɑːpt/ 🔊 -ing form lopping BrE /ˈlɒpɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈlɑːpɪŋ/ 🔊~ sth to cut down a tree, or cut some large branches off it 砍伐；剪（枝） ●ˌlop sth↔ˈoff (sth)to remove part of sth by cutting it, especially to remove branches from a tree 砍掉；剪掉；修剪（树枝） SYN chop to make sth smaller or less by a particular amount 削减；减少◆They lopped 20p off the price. 他们把价格降了 20 便士。🔊🔊