chuck

英 [tʃʌk] 美 [tʃʌk]

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※ 提供单词"chuck"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

chuck 扔

来自chock拼写变体。模仿大块物件落地的声音。

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.

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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。