lop
That which is lopped from anything, such as branches from a treeThat which is lopped from anything, such as branches from a tree.
» I've been lopping trees all afternoon and shredding them into mulch for the garden.
Я весь день обрезал деревья и мульчировал их для сада.
Значение
значений: 4That which is lopped from anything, such as branches from a tree.
(Geordie)A flea.
Hadway wi ye man, ye liftin wi lops.
(США, устаревшее, сленг)(usually offensive) A disabled person, a cripple.
Any of several breeds of rabbits whose ears lie flat.
Примеры
предложений: 3I've been lopping trees all afternoon and shredding them into mulch for the garden.
Я весь день обрезал деревья и мульчировал их для сада.
I went with lopping most of my hair off.
Why did van Gogh lop his ear off?
Происхождение
From Middle English loppe (“bough”); the verb is a back-formation from the noun. From MidFrom Middle English loppe (“bough”); the verb is a back-formation from the noun.
From Middle English loppe (“flea, spider”), from Old English loppe (“spider, silk-worm, flea”), from Proto-Germanic *luppǭ (“flea, sandflea", originally, "jumper”), from Proto-Germanic *luppijaną (“to jump, dart”). Cognate with Danish loppe (“flea”), Swedish loppa (“flea”). Compare also Middle High German lüpfen, lupfen (“to raise”, obsolete also “to rise”).
Back-formation from lopsided.
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