| 单词 | to cut down to size |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto cut down to size 8. to cut down to size: to reduce to suitable dimensions; figurative to reduce to a true or proper level of importance. ΘΠ the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > reduce in size or extent [verb (transitive)] > to suitable dimensions to cut down to size1821 to cut (chop, etc.) down to size1972 the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > humiliate [verb (transitive)] anitherOE fellOE lowc1175 to lay lowc1225 to set adownc1275 snuba1340 meekc1350 depose1377 aneantizea1382 to bring lowa1387 declinea1400 meekenc1400 to pull downc1425 avalec1430 to-gradea1440 to put downc1440 humble1484 alow1494 deject?1521 depress1526 plucka1529 to cut (rarely to cast down) the comb of?1533 to bring down1535 to bring basec1540 adbass1548 diminish1560 afflict1561 to take down1562 to throw down1567 debase1569 embase1571 diminute1575 to put (also thrust) a person's nose out of jointc1576 exinanite1577 to take (a person) a peg lower1589 to take (a person) down a peg (or two)1589 disbasea1592 to take (a person) down a buttonhole (or two)1592 comb-cut1593 unpuff1598 atterr1605 dismount1608 annihilate1610 crest-fall1611 demit1611 pulla1616 avilea1617 to put a scorn on, upon1633 mortify1639 dimit1658 to put a person's pipe out1720 to let down1747 to set down1753 humiliate1757 to draw (a person's) eyeteeth1789 start1821 squabash1822 to wipe a person's eye1823 to crop the feathers of1827 embarrass1839 to knock (also take, etc.) (a person) off his or her perch1864 to sit upon ——1864 squelch1864 to cut out of all feather1865 to sit on ——1868 to turn down1870 to score off1882 to do (a person) in the eye1891 puncture1908 to put (a person) in (also into) his, her place1908 to cut down to size1927 flatten1932 to slap (a person) down1938 punk1963 1821 M. Wilmot Let. 20 Mar. (1935) 100 We..cut down silk stockings to Cat's size. 1904 G. B. Shaw Lett. to Granville Barker 6 Dec. (1956) 45 The theme is a huge one; and it cant be cut down to Court size. 1927 E. Hemingway Men without Women (1928) 33 He wheeled his horse..towards..the far side of the ring where the bull would come out... ‘Pic him, Manos,’ he said. ‘Cut him down to size for me.’ 1959 Listener 2 July 12/2 We are in danger of forgetting our place, of getting ideas above our station. It is good to have Mr. Graves to cut us down to size. 1959 Guardian 17 Sept. 18/1 Production and distribution of films has been cut down to size and other interests have been greatly extended. 1969 J. Drummond People in Glass House xxxvi. 140 You've had thirty good years, perhaps it's time you were cut down to size. to cut (chop, etc.) down to size d. Suitable or normal dimensions. rare except in to cut (chop, etc.) down to size: see to cut down 8 at cut v. Phrasal verbs. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > [noun] > suitable or normal standard1625 size1842 the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > reduce in size or extent [verb (transitive)] > to suitable dimensions to cut down to size1821 to cut (chop, etc.) down to size1972 1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 65/1 The plants..should be thinned, and..may be used as they attain size till August. 1953 Time 20 July 40/3 He kept Stalin down to size. 1962 Listener 17 May 883/1 The complexity and psychological depth abandoned in hacking the novel down to size. 1972 N.Y. Times 3 Nov. 39/6 Once the warlord armies supporting him were chopped down to size.., he was content to fade away. < as lemmas |
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