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

• Don't you know that I need men who can chop down dozens of trees a day?
  你不知道我要的是一天能砍上百棵树的壮汉吗？
• 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。
• And I can't chop down the tree by myself.
  但是我不可能自己砍棵树。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I cried when they had to chop it down.
  当他们要把它砍倒，我还哭了呢。
• She doesn't chop it down to sell the firewood.
  她可不会把树砍倒拿去当柴火卖。
• 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。