chunk

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美 [tʃʌŋk]

n. 厚块; 厚片; 大块; 相当大的量; 话语组成部分; 组块

复数：chunks　现在分词：chunking　过去分词：chunked　过去式：chunked　

Collins.2 / BNC.6981 / COCA.4502

习惯用语

blow chunks

noun

厚块；厚片；大块
a thick solid piece that has been cut or broken off sth
1. a chunk of cheese/masonry
  一块厚厚的奶酪 / 砖石
相当大的量
a fairly large amount of sth
1. I've already written a fair chunk of the article.
  我已写出文章的大部分。
话语组成部分；组块
a phrase or group of words which can be learnt as a unit by sb who is learning a language. Examples of chunks are ‘Can I have the bill, please?’ and ‘Pleased to meet you’.

N-COUNT 厚块;大块
Chunks ofsomething are thick solid pieces of it.
1. They had to be careful of floating chunks of ice.
  他们必须当心大块浮冰。
2. ...a chunk of meat...
  一大块肉
3. Cut the melon into chunks.
  把瓜切块。
N-COUNT 大量;大部分
Achunk ofsomething is a large amount or large part of it.
1. The company owns a chunk of farmland near Gatwick Airport.
  该公司拥有盖特威克机场周边的大片农田。

noun

a compact mass
1. a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder
Synonym:ballclodgloblumpclump
a substantial amount
1. we won a chunk of money

verb

group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side
Synonym:collocatelump
put together indiscriminately
1. lump together all the applicants
Synonym:lump

We have a decent chunk of customers that have one instance.
有相当多的客户已经购买了一个实例。
The car repairs took quite a chunk out of her salary.
她修理汽车的费用占她薪水相当大的一部分。
Therefore, a chunk can define local variables and return values.
因此，块可以定义局部变量和返回值。
They had to be careful of floating chunks of ice.
他们必须当心大块浮冰。
This makes the byte chunk package processing more difficult.
这使得字节块包处理更加困难。
A partition is a chunk of hard disk on which a filesystem can be built.
分区是硬盘上可以创建文件系统的一块区域。
Cut the melon into chunks.
把瓜切块。
Joe bit a large chunk out of the apple.
乔咬了一大口苹果。
Harry inherited the house and a sizeable chunk of land.
哈里继承了这座房子以及相当大的一片土地。
This is the last value in the current chunk.
这是当前区块中最后一个数值。