chop down

英 [tʃɒp daʊn]

美 [tʃɑːp daʊn]

砍倒; 伐倒

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 砍倒;伐倒
  If youchop downa tree, you cut through its trunk with an axe so that it falls to the ground.
  1. Sometimes they have to chop down a tree for firewood.
     他们有时只好砍树当柴烧。

英英释义

verb

• cut down
  1. George chopped down the cherry tree

双语例句

• George had often seen his father's men chop down great trees in the forest, and he thought that it would be fine sport to see this tree fall with a crash to the ground.
  乔治经常看见他父亲的工人们在森林里把大树砍倒。他想，看着这棵树轰隆一声倒在地上，一定是一种很有趣的游戏。
• Use the axe to chop down jammed doors or zombies; it's effective for close combat.
  用斧子去劈开夹住的门或僵尸；它在近身战中十分有效。
• The past Christ-mas, my father took me out to chop down a small fir tree for the house, and I wondered if he was sad now, without me to help him choose the right one.
  上一个圣诞节，爸爸带我去砍了一棵小冷杉运回家，我想他现在会不会觉得悲伤，因为我不能帮他挑选合适的树木。
• I often think of a quote from the real Abe Lincoln: "Give me six hours to chop down a tree, and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe."
  我经常听到人们引用林肯的格言：“给我六小时砍倒一棵树，我会花头一个小时磨锋利我的斧头。”
• Small organisations such as residents 'groups choose to chop the trees down, rather than risk litigation.
  居民团体等小型组织选择砍伐这些树木，而不是冒险被人起诉。
• According to the complex topography, especially mountain area, this paper adopted the new traverse in a hydroelectric engineering, which avoid the tree to chop down and insure orientation to see good.
  结合山岭重丘地区的一水电工程，根据其特殊的地形条件，采用了新型的导线布网形式，避免了树木的大量砍伐，确保通视良好；
• When we were hungry, the ranger would chop down a bamboo stem, fill it with rice and cook it for us.
  但我们饿了的时候，护林员就会砍下一截竹子，放入大米，做竹筒饭给我们吃。
• Every morning the old man went out to chop down trees. Today the entire population has been mobilized to prevent forest fires.
  每天一早，老人就去森林伐木。今天动员了所有群众来防止森林火灾。
• So he set to work with his little hatchet, and, as the tree was a very small one, it did not take long to chop it down.
  于是乔治用他的小斧子砍了起来。因为这棵树很小，所以他没用多长时间就把它砍倒了。
• Wouldn't it be simpler to chop that tree down?
  干脆把那棵树砍掉不是更简单吗？