lop off

柯林斯词典

1. PHRASAL VERB If you lop something off, you cut it away from what it was attached to, usually with a quick, strong stroke. 砍掉
Somebody lopped the heads off our tulips. 有人剪掉了我们郁金香的花冠。
...men with axes, lopping off branches. ...手持斧头砍树枝的男人们。
His ponytail had been lopped off. 他的马尾辫被剪掉了。
2. PHRASAL VERB If you lop an amount of money or time off something such as a budget or a schedule, you reduce the budget or schedule by that amount. 削减; 缩短[非正式]
The Air France plane lopped over four hours off the previous best time. 法国航空公司的飞机在原来最短航行时间的基础上又缩减了4个多小时。
More than 100 million dollars will be lopped off the prison building programme. 监狱建设项目预算款中将会砍掉逾一亿美元。