chopping(adj.)
"大而繁荣的",1560年代,来自 chop(动词)的现在分词形容词。类似意义的词还有 strapping, whopping。 Chopper "一个健壮、活力充沛的孩子",俚语,始于大约1600年。
chopping. An epithet frequently applied to infants, by way of ludicrous commendation: imagined by Skinner to signify lusty, from cas Sax. by others to mean a child that would bring money at a market. Perhaps a greedy, hungry child, likely to live. [Johnson]
chopping。这个词经常用来形容婴儿,作为滑稽的赞美:Skinner 认为它意味着 lusty,来自 cas 的撒克逊语,其他人则认为它意味着一个在市场上能卖到钱的孩子。也许是一个贪婪、饥饿的孩子,可能会活下来。[约翰逊]
该词起源时间:1560年代