chop-chop

參見：chop chop

英语

其他形式

• chop chop

词源

源自洋涇浜英語，源自粵語 速速 (cuk1 cuk1)。

发音

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叹词

chop-chop

1. 快点！，赶紧！

副词

chop-chop (不可比)

1. (俚語) 很快，赶紧
   • 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society 2010, p. 13:

     ‘And another beer! But cold this time, hear that, boy? Muchee coldee, and bring it chop chop.’

派生語彙

• → 葡萄牙語: txapo-txapo

名词

chop-chop (不可數)

1. (澳大利亞，非正式) 未缴税的非法香烟
   • 1944, Australian House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates, Volume 265, page 30968,

     We are here today to try and do the impossible: to stop the chop chop industry.

   • 2002 November 11, Major ‘chop chop’ seizure in Northern Queensland, Australian Taxation Office, media release.
   • 2007, Martin Hughes, The Slow Guide: Melbourne, unnumbered page,

     Attitudes to tobacco mean it′s virtually sold under the counter (and we′re not talking about ‘chop chop’).