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choppy + noun
常修饰 sea、water 等，表示水面因风浪而不平静。
The boat pitched in the choppy water.
小船在波浪起伏的水面上颠簸。
突变式的；忽动忽停的
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
突变式的；忽动忽停的
marked by abrupt transitions
The boat pitched in the choppy water.
小船在波浪起伏的水面上颠簸。
布满碎浪的
Having many small, rough waves.
断断续续的；间歇的
Discontinuous, intermittent.
变化不定的；多变的
Shifting, variable
The ferry ride was uncomfortable because the sea was choppy.
渡轮之旅很不舒服，因为海面波浪起伏。
The lake looks choppy today, so the swimming lessons have been moved indoors.
今天湖面看起来波浪起伏，所以游泳课改到了室内。
As the wind picked up, the water became choppier and the fishermen headed back to port.
随着风变大，水面变得更加波浪起伏，渔民们便返回港口。
常修饰 sea、water 等，表示水面因风浪而不平静。
The boat pitched in the choppy water.
小船在波浪起伏的水面上颠簸。
也可用于金融市场，表示行情震荡，如 the market turned choppy。
The sea got choppy as the wind picked up.
风大起来后，海面变得波涛汹涌。
用于评价文章、演讲等不流畅，缺少过渡。
Readers may find the narrative choppy at first.
读者起初可能会觉得叙事断断续续。
Not this
The sea is chop today.
Use this
The sea is choppy today.
chop 是动词或名词，意为“砍、剁”或“排骨”，不能作形容词。表示水面波浪起伏、不平静时，应使用形容词 choppy 作表语。
Not this
He spoke choppy, so I couldn't follow.
Use this
He spoke in a choppy way, so I couldn't follow.
choppy 是形容词，不能直接修饰动词 spoke。修饰动作需要副词或副词短语，这里用 in a choppy way 来修饰 spoke，才符合英语语法。
Not this
The boat sailed on a choppy water.
Use this
The boat sailed on choppy water.
water 表示“水面、水域”时是不可数名词，前面不能用不定冠词 a。正确搭配是 choppy water，去掉 a 即可。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
波浪起伏的海面
The boat pitched in the choppy sea.
船在波浪起伏的海面上颠簸。
风浪很大的海况
The ferry was cancelled because of choppy conditions.
由于海况风浪很大，渡轮被取消了。
震荡的市场
Investors were cautious in a choppy market.
投资者在震荡的市场中态度谨慎。
不流畅的行文
The report's choppy prose made it hard to read.
这份报告行文不流畅，读起来很费劲。
不连贯的节奏
The song's choppy rhythm made it difficult to dance to.
这首歌曲节奏不连贯，很难跟着跳舞。
困境；动荡局面
After the CEO's sudden departure, the company found itself in choppy waters.
首席执行官突然离职后，公司发现自己陷入了困境。
波动的市场；震荡行情
Investors are bracing for a choppy market ahead of the election.
投资者正在为选举前波动的市场做好准备。
而我是一片波涛汹涌的海。——出自 Florence + The Machine 的歌曲《Ship to Wreck》
The sea was so choppy that the ferry was delayed.
海面波涛汹涌，渡轮因此延误了。
Use choppy naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象小船在choppy（碎波）海面上被浪打得“ chopped（剁碎）般”一顿一顿地颠簸，忽起忽落。
语域：mixed 常见场景：海面/天气报道、文风/说话节奏、视频/音乐剪辑、金融市场行情 choppy 有两个常见含义：一指水面波浪起伏，二指事物忽动忽停、不顺畅（如文风或视频）。两者在口语和一般书面语中都用中性语气；金融领域中形容行情震荡也很常见。正式严谨的学术写作中较少使用，日常表达则可放心用。
真正与 choppy 押韵的词（重读元音和尾音均为 /ɒpi/）：copy, floppy, poppy, sloppy。注意 happy 和 puppy 虽也以 -ppy 结尾，但元音不同，不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.