抄[chāo]

动

1. copy; transcribe

♦ ~书 copy from a book

♦ 请把稿件~一下。 Please make a fair copy of the manuscript.

♦ 照~原文 make a verbatim transcription of the original

2. plagiarize; lift

♦ ~别人的文章 plagiarize (from) somebody else's writing

♦ 逐字逐句地~人家的作业 copy another student's written work word by word

3. search and confiscate; make a raid upon

♦ ~土匪的老窝 destroy the bandits' den

4. take a shortcut

♦ ~到他们前面 outstrip them by taking a shortcut

5. fold (one's arms)

♦ ~着手站在一边 stand by with folded arms

6. grab; take up

♦ ~起一把铁锹就干 take up a spade and plunge into the job

♦ 谁把我的字典~走了？Who's gone off with my dictionary?