chucking [
'tʃʌkiŋ]
n. 夹具(装卡,卡紧)
- He does enjoy chucking out the names of important people.
他总喜欢冲口说出一些重要人物的名字。 - Instead of chucking them out, we made do with these old pieces of furniture.
家具虽旧,我们还是将就着使用,不肯丢弃。
Chuck \Chuck\ (ch[u^]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Chucked}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Chucking}.] [Imitative of the sound.]
1. To make a noise resembling that of a hen when she calls
her chickens; to cluck.
2. To chuckle; to laugh. [R.] --Marston.
Chuck \Chuck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chucked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Chucking}.] [F. choquer to strike. Cf. {Shock}, v. t.]
1. To strike gently; to give a gentle blow to.
Chucked the barmaid under the chin. --W. Irving.
2. To toss or throw smartly out of the hand; to pitch.
[Colloq.] ``Mahomet Ali will just be chucked into the
Nile.'' --Lord Palmerson.
3. (Mech.) To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck,
as in turning; to bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving
piece held in a chuck.
- Now Zenith suddenly is reversing course by chucking the computer business that became its crown jewel.