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

• She asked them to chop down the weeds in the yard and make a path for her to the clothesline.
  她吩咐他们把院子里的杂草割掉，给她割出一条通向凉衣绳的小路。
• Every day, the woodman would set out early in the morning to chop down trees.
  每天早上，樵夫总是很早就出去砍柴。
• 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。
• 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。”
• 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。
• 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。
• I'm going to chop down some of the old apple trees; they've almost stopped producing fruit.
  我要砍倒一些老苹果树，因为它们已经几乎不结果了。
• Every morning the old man went out to chop down trees.
  每天一早，老人就去森林伐木。
• We birds are homeless now because people chop down to many trees and destroy the forests to build houses and grow crops for themselves.
  有的人为了造房屋、植经济作物，滥伐森林，使我们鸟类同胞无家可归。
• Chop down a small sapling other, a concerted effort to environmental protection, the earth has better shape.
  小小树苗别砍倒，齐心协力来环保，地球就会更美好。