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]