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lop something off
phrasal verb with lopverbuk /lɒp/ us /lɑːp/-pp-
(CUT)
to cut something off in one quick movement: 切断，砍断，削去
I'll need to lop off the lower branches of the tree.我要砍掉这棵树上低矮的枝杈。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Forestry
afforestation
agroforestry
arborist
brush
carbon sink
clearing
cut down
deforest
lumberjack
old growth
ranger
reafforest
slash-and-burn
the treeline
undercut
understorey
unforested
woodcutter
woodsy
woody
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Cutting off and disconnecting
(REDUCE)
informal
to reduce a price or the amount of time taken to do something by a particular amount: 减（价）；缩短（时间）
He lopped eight seconds off the record.他将这项纪录缩短了8秒钟。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Becoming and making smaller or less
abridgment
attenuate
attenuated
attenuating
attenuation
compress
contraction
dwindle
dwindling
ease
ease someone's mindidiom
ease up/off
halve
reduce
reducible
reduction
resize
retreat
trough
tumble
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