Chuck

(noun.) a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill.

(noun.) the part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade.

(verb.) pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin.

(verb.) throw carelessly; 'chuck the ball'.

(verb.) throw away; 'Chuck these old notes'.

编辑:露西尔

• Chuck all that. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Weight of the porter-bar and chuck which hold the plate for forging is 125,000 pounds, exclusive of counterweights used. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• That's the trouble--it was too easy for you--you got reckless--thought you could turn me inside out, and chuck me in the gutter like an empty purse. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Chuck Connors is reported to have said that a gentleman is a bloke as can do whatever he wants to do. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• If Chuck said that, he went straight to the heart of that democratic morality on which a new statecraft must ultimately rest. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Consequent, will the T'other Governor be so good as chuck me his name and where he lives? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• I don't doubt you've accepted as much before--and chucked the other chaps as you'd like to chuck me. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Kind service cannot be chucked from hand to hand like a shuttlecock or stool-ball. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• She paused, and then, bending forward, with a lowered voice: You know we all went on to Nice last night when the Duchess chucked us. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• You know, of course, that the Duchess chucked her at dinner last night, and she thinks it was my fault--my want of management. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• I don't doubt you've accepted as much before--and chucked the other chaps as you'd like to chuck me. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Well, the woman you'd have chucked everything for: only you didn't, continued his surprising son. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Well, they were very soon chucked themselves, and of the whole twenty in the boat, only half a dozen are alive now. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Oh--the reason they chucked Sicily and rushed back? 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• I am chucking it away because I must go, if you'll have the goodness to call a cab for me, Lily returned with a smile. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• No; you trusted in me, and let me carry it like a dear, and so you are,' said the lady, chucking him under the chin, and drawing her arm through his. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• What are you chucking it away for? 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Well, my dear, he said, chucking her under the chin, keep up your spirits. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• She's always a-doin' of it, Mr. Bumble, sir; she chucks me under the chin, please, sir; and makes all manner of love! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.

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