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lopping 音标拼音: [l'ɑpɪŋ] 截短; 截枝 截短; 截枝 Lop \ Lop\ ( l[ o^] p), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Lopped}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Lopping}.] [ Prov. G. luppen, lubben, to cut, geld, or OD. luppen, D. lubben.] 1. To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything; to shorten by cutting off the extremities; to cut off, or remove, as superfluous parts; as, to lop a tree or its branches. " With branches lopped, in wood or mountain felled." -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] Expunge the whole, or lop the excrescent parts. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To cut partly off and bend down; as, to lop bushes in a hedge. [ 1913 Webster]
Lopping \ Lop" ping\, n. A cutting off, as of branches; that which is cut off; leavings. [ 1913 Webster] The loppings made from that stock whilst it stood. -- Burke. [ 1913 Webster]
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