Word · Frequency #20921
lop
砍掉；剪掉
cut off
常与 off 连用
- 1.
To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything, especially to prune a small limb off a shrub or tree, or sometimes to behead someone.
切掉某物的顶部或最外端部分,尤指修剪灌木或树木的小枝,或有时指斩首某人。
- 2.
To hang downward; to be pendent; to lean to one side.
向下垂；悬垂；向一侧倾斜。
- 3.
To allow to hang down.
使垂下。
修剪；整枝；切掉某物的顶部或最外端部分,尤指修剪灌木或树木的小枝,或有时指斩首某人。；向下垂；悬垂；向一侧倾斜。；使垂下。；剪
In use
After the storm, we lopped the broken branches from the apple tree.
The gardener is lopping the hedge to keep it neat.
You should lop off any dead leaves before watering the plant.
lop off sth / lop sth off
lop off 是及物短语动词，宾语为代词时必须放在 off 前面，如 lop it off。
He lopped off the dead branches with a saw.
他用锯子砍掉了枯枝。
lop sth from sth
from 表示来源，强调从整体上剪下。
Lop the damaged leaves from the plant.
把受损的叶子从植株上剪掉。
lop sth (tree/plant)
作“修剪”讲时指剪去多余的枝条以促进生长或保持形状。
Connections
Collocations
- lop off
- 砍掉，剪掉
- She lopped off the overhanging branch.她砍掉了伸出来的树枝。
- lop branches
- 修剪树枝
- The men lopped branches from the fallen tree.那些人从倒下的树上砍下树枝。
- lop a tree
- 修剪树木
- We lopped the old tree to let in more light.我们修剪了那棵老树，让更多光照进来。
- lop and top
- 修剪枝叶和树梢
- The workers lopped and topped the young trees.工人们给幼树修枝打顶。
Idioms & figurative uses
- lop off
- 砍掉；削减He lopped off the overhanging branches.他砍掉了悬垂的树枝。
- lop away
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把树枝“lop”剪掉时，枝条应声而“落”（音近联想）：一刀砍下，枝干垂落。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：gardening、tree pruning、forestry lop 作动词表示“砍掉、剪掉”或“修剪”，多用于园艺、林业等场景，语气中性。日常口语中较少见，更常用 cut off 或 trim。
Grammar Note
过去式和过去分词也可写作 lopt。
Pronunciation & Spelling
以上单词中的 -op 都读 /ɒp/，与 lop 押韵。注意 hope /həʊp/、loop /luːp/ 等拼写相近但发音不同。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.