| 单词 | to cut away |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto cut away to cut away 1. transitive. To cut so as to take or clear away, to remove by cutting. ΘΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > remove or take away > remove or displace by scratching, scraping, stripping, or cutting bestrip1065 file?c1225 to cut awayc1320 raze1419 screeve?1440 rakec1475 to scrape out, forth1530 scrata1560 scrabble1657 scamble1707 peel1787 c1320 Seuyn. Sag. (W.) 604 And his bowes awai i-kett. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 111 Cuttyyn' a-way, abscindo, amputo. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 4229 Some bad þe bolnyng cutt away. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 399/2 Used to draw up the Cataract off the sight of the eye while it is cuting away. 1886 W. Besant Children of Gibeon 107 I will cut away the dead leaves. Π c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Cor. xi. 12 I kitte awey the occasioun of hem. c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi i. xx He þat wolde kutte awey al maner of veyne besines. 1562 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 10 All errour and abuse being cuttit away. 1707 J. Freind Acct. Earl of Peterborow's Conduct in Spain 251 Yesterday they cut away the Water of a Mill in this Town. 3. intransitive. To go on cutting continuously or without cessation: see away adv. 6. < as lemmas |
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