chuck

1. V-T When you chuck something somewhere, you throw it there in a casual or careless way. 隨意丟棄[非正式]

I took a great dislike to the clock, so I chucked it in the rubbish. 我很不喜歡那個(gè)鐘，所以我隨手把它扔進(jìn)了垃圾里。

2. V-T If you chuck your job or some other activity, you stop doing it. 放棄; 停止 (工作或其他活動(dòng))[非正式]

Last summer, he chucked his 10-year career as a stockbroker and headed for the mountains. 去年夏天，他放棄了從事10年的股票經(jīng)紀(jì)人的工作，前往高山地區(qū)。

3. PHRASE If someone chucks it all, they stop doing their job, and usually move somewhere else. 放棄工作 (并前往他處)

Sometimes I'd like to chuck it all and go fishing. 有時(shí)我真想放棄工作去釣魚(yú)。

4. N-COUNT A chuck is a device for holding a tool in a machine such as a drill. (鉆機(jī)等機(jī)器中固定工具的) 卡盤(pán)

5. N-UNCOUNT Chuck is a cut of beef. 牛頸部至肩部的肉

6. V →a less common word for cluck