會剁東西的刀具和機器
這一家是核心動作最直接的版本：拿在手上或裝在機器裡的刀片，工作就是把東西剁成小塊。差別只在力氣由人出還是由馬達出。
noun · B2
A large heavy knife with a wide flat blade, used in a kitchen for cutting big pieces of meat into smaller ones, including straight through bone.
剁刀
這個拼法底下其實是2個不同的字，意思沒有關係， 只是長得一樣。下面分開列出來。跳到 剁刀 · 直升機
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chopper
n核心畫面
One way to hold this word is as a short, repeated downward stroke. Something is raised and brought down, again and again, and whatever is under it comes apart into pieces. English calls that action chop, and adding -er names the thing that performs it. So the picture is not a shape but a motion: a blade falling on a rib, a set of blades spinning in a jar, a jaw closing on a mouthful. Point that picture at different objects and you get a heavy kitchen knife, a little machine on the counter, and a row of teeth.
chopper 可以想成「一下一下往下剁的那個動作」。畫面裡有東西被舉起來、落下去，然後底下的東西就斷成一塊一塊。英…更多收起
chopper 可以想成「一下一下往下剁的那個動作」。畫面裡有東西被舉起來、落下去，然後底下的東西就斷成一塊一塊。英文把這個動作叫 chop，後面加 -er 就是「負責做這件事的那個」。所以這個字給的不是形狀，而是動作。同一個動作換不同的東西來做，就變出不同的意思：一把重刀落在肋排上、一組刀片在小罐子裡轉、一排牙齒在嘴裡合起來。認得這個動作，這幾個意思就串得起來。From the word’s history
Wiktionary gives this entry as chop + -er, i.e. 'something that chops', through Old English -ere and Middle English -ere.
Wiktionary 把這一條字源寫成 chop 加上 -er，也就是「會 chop 的那個東西」，-er 這個字尾一路從古英語 -ere、中古英語 -ere 傳下來。所以「剁」的畫面不是後人編的聯想，字源本身就是這樣組成的。
Wiktionary, entry 'chopper' (noun, etymology 1), supplied in this packet: 'From chop + -er.' (source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:607551897)
From the picture
身上那排會剁的東西
把同一個動作放回人身上。負責把食物剁碎的不是刀，是牙齒，所以英文乾脆叫它們 the choppers。
noun · B2
Choppers means teeth, especially big, strong or very noticeable ones. It is used only in the plural: people talk about someone's choppers, never about one chopper.
牙齒（俏皮說法）
叫 chopper 的改裝機車
這一家先單獨放著。封包裡的資料沒有說明這種機車為什麼叫 chopper，所以這裡不替它編一個和「剁」有關的來歷；先把它當成同一個拼法底下要靠情境分辨的另一個東西。
noun · B2
A motorcycle built or rebuilt so that the front wheel reaches far out in front of the rider, usually with a long front fork, a low seat, and handlebars set high.
前叉加長的改裝機車
Also in this word
noun · B2
A tool or small machine made for chopping something into pieces, especially a kitchen device that cuts food into small bits quickly.
切碎器
A second word, same spelling
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chopper
n, v核心畫面
This second centre is a sound, not a blade. A helicopter's rotor beats the air in fast, even strokes, and you hear that beat long before the aircraft comes into view: chop, chop, chop, over the ridge. English named the machine after what it sounds like, and then used the same word as a verb for the thing it does — carrying people and supplies in and out of places nothing else can reach.
這一組的畫面是聲音，不是刀。直升機的旋翼一下一下打在空氣上，那個節奏又快又平均。而且聲音總是先到：人還沒看到機身，就…更多收起
這一組的畫面是聲音，不是刀。直升機的旋翼一下一下打在空氣上，那個節奏又快又平均。而且聲音總是先到：人還沒看到機身，就先聽見稜線後面傳來的 chop、chop、chop。英文就用這個聲音替這台機器取名。後來同一個字又當成動詞用，指它最常做的事——把人和物資送進、載出那些其他交通工具到不了的地方。From the word’s history
Wiktionary gives this as a separate etymology: the word comes from the onomatopoeic 'chop-chop' of the main rotor blades of the Bell 47 'OH-13 Sioux' helicopter, as heard by troops during the Korean War.
Wiktionary 把這一組列為另一條字源：它來自擬聲詞 chop-chop，也就是貝爾 47「OH-13 Sioux」直升機主旋翼的聲音，韓戰期間士兵在戰場上聽到而流傳開來。所以這個名字記的是耳朵聽到的東西，不是手上拿的刀。
Wiktionary, entry 'chopper' (etymology 2), supplied in this packet: 'From the onomatopoeia for the "chop-chop" sound emitted by the main rotor blades of the Bell 47 OH-13 Sioux helicopter, encountered by troops during the Korean War.' (source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:607574422)