choppy

英 [ˈtʃɒpi]

美 [ˈtʃɑːpi]

adj.  波浪起伏的; 不平静的; 不连贯的; 支离破碎的

比较级：choppier　

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BNC.20404 / COCA.16878

牛津词典

adj.

• 波浪起伏的；不平静的
  with a lot of small waves; not calm
  1. choppy waters
     波浪起伏的水面
• 不连贯的；支离破碎的
  containing a lot of short sentences and changing topics too often

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (水)波浪滔滔的，波浪起伏的
  When water ischoppy, there are a lot of small waves on it because there is a wind blowing.
  1. A gale was blowing and the sea was choppy.
     狂风大作，海面上波浪起伏。

英英释义

adj

• rough with small waves
  1. choppy seas
• marked by abrupt transitions
  1. choppy prose
  Synonym:jerky

双语例句

• Some walked down to the edge of the waves, trying to skip rocks across the choppy surface.
  有些走下海滩走到海浪的边缘，试着跃过波涛起伏的海面跳到岩礁上。
• It could be a little choppy, it could be uneven, and it is going to take a while, he said.
  这可能是一个小震荡，可能是不平衡的，它将会需要一段时间，他说。
• The Coast Guard air lifts four surfers from the choppy waters off the Oregon coast.
  海岸警卫队从俄勒冈州海岸边的一个波涛汹涌的水域里把四个冲浪者空运了出来。
• Our test route took us through a choppy construction zone and over some twisty back roads. We went up a long zigzag before we reached the top of the hill.
  我们的测试路径包括一些起伏的修建路段及弯弯曲曲的小路。我们走了很长一段弯来绕去的路，才到了山顶。
• A person's rivers show a person's thought, it should have the choppy, it should have great time, it should also have rather uneventful time.
  一个人的河流呈现一个人的思想，它应该有波涛汹涌的时候，应该有波澜壮阔的时候，也应该有波澜不惊的时候。
• At the reservoir, the choppy water initially deterred the wary goslings from taking their first dip.
  在水库边上，机警的小野鹅最初看到波浪起伏的水面时谁也不敢尝试它们的第一次下水。
• The water it is going to have to walk on over the next decade is going to be choppy.
  况且，未来十年它必须行走的水面将会波涛起伏。
• But we continue to steer a steady course through choppy waters.
  但在汹涌的波涛之中，我们仍在稳步前进。
• The yen's weeks-long trend of choppy, range-bound trading could remain intact, analysts say.
  分析师们说，日圆汇率可能将维持数周来的窄幅波动走势。
• Few of the Fed's forecasts have proceeded according to plan over the course of the sharp economic downturn and choppy recovery, a fact that Fed officials now openly acknowledge.
  在经济大幅放缓和复苏不顺的过程中，美联储的计划几乎都没有按照原先设定的那样去实施，美联储官员们现在也公开承认了这一事实。