| 释义 |
chip something away
phrasal verb with chipverb[ I or T ]uk /tʃɪp/ us /tʃɪp/-pp-
to gradually break off small pieces or parts of something:
He used a chisel to chip away the rock.
We found a mass of concrete and slowly chipped it away to uncover a pipe.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Removing and getting rid of things
abandonment
banish
be scattered to the four windsidiom
bin
cast someone/something aside/away/off
dumping
eradication of something
erase
erasure
evacuate
evacuate someone from something
evacuation
shedding
shoo
shrug
shrug something off
shuck
sling
toss
turf
|