chuck


n. [机] 卡盘;抚弄;赶走;咯咯声;恰克(人名)

vt. 丢弃,抛掷;驱逐;轻拍

vi. 咯咯叫

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中文词源

chuck 扔

来自chock拼写变体。模仿大块物件落地的声音。

英文词源

chuck (v.1)
"to throw," 1590s, variant of chock "give a blow under the chin" (1580s), possibly from French choquer "to shock, strike against," imitative (see shock (n.1)). Related: Chucked; chucking.
chuck (n.1)
"piece of wood or meat," 1670s, probably a variant of chock (n.) "block." "Chock and chuck appear to have been originally variants of the same word, which are now somewhat differentiated" [OED]. Specifically of shoulder meat from early 18c. American English chuck wagon (1880) is from the meat sense.
Chock and Chuck, Are low terms, very frequently used before full,--as the coach was chock full of passengers. The house was chuck full. [Daniel Powers, "A Grammar on an Entirely New System," West Brookfield, 1845]
chuck (n.2)
"slight blow under the chin," 1610s, from chuck (v.1). Meaning "a toss, a throw" is from 1862. Related: Chucked; chucking.

中文解释

1. Onomatopoeic dialect term for chicken, imitative of a hen's cluck.2. chick => chuck.3. chock => chuck.4. chunk => chuck.5. 谐音“卡壳”。

实用例句

1. You cannot chuck money away on little luxuries like that.
你不该把钱浪费在那种小奢侈品上。
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2. Chuck would lecture me, telling me to get a haircut.
查克就会数落我,让我去理一下发。
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3. Sometimes I'd like to chuck it all and go fishing.
有时候,我真想辞职不干了去钓鱼。
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4. Her parents are going to chuck her out on the street.
她父母要把她撵到大街上去。
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5. The man extended his hand: "I'm Chuck".
那名男子伸出手说道:“我是查克。”
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