及物动词
1. The old man chopped the block of wood in two with a single blow.
这老头一斧头把木块劈成两半。
2. Please chop up the vegetables.
请把菜剁碎。
3. We had to chop a way through the undergrowth.
我们必须在矮树林中砍伐出一条路来。
不及物动词
1. Joe was chopping at a tree when I walked past his log cabin.
我走经乔的小木屋时，他在砍树。
2. The wind chopped to the west.
风突然转西向了。