| 单词 | to cut off |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto cut off to cut off 1. transitive. To cut so as to take off; to detach by cutting (something material).to cut off a corner: see corner n.1 2b. ΘΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separate [verb (transitive)] > separate from > separate or cut off to cut offc1380 discidea1513 warn1536 rescind1598 desect1613 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > detach [verb (transitive)] > cut off becarveOE carvec1000 hewc1000 shredc1275 cuta1300 chapc1325 cleavec1330 off-shearc1330 withscore1340 to cut offc1380 colea1400 slivea1400 to score awayc1400 abscisea1500 discidea1513 sharea1529 off-trenchc1530 off-hewc1540 pare1549 detrench1553 slice?1560 detrunk1566 sneck1578 resect1579 shred1580 curtail1594 off-chop1594 lop?1602 disbranch1608 abscind1610 snip1611 circumcise1613 desecate1623 discerpa1628 amputate1638 absciss1639 prescind1640 notch1820 c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. I. 401 Ȝif þi hond or þi foot sclaundir þee, kitte it of, and caste it fro þee. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. NNNiiiiv Though thou cutte of my heed. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 119 To haue their noses and eares cut off. 1699 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 9) 34 Cutting off the dead Wood. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 49 This hair is his: she cut it off and gave it. 2. To remove, take away, sever, strike off (something immaterial). Π 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 98 b When as I doe cut of so much of myne owne right unto you. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iii. i. 102 Why he that cuts off twenty yeares of life, Cuts off so many yeares of fearing death. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden Ded. Æneis in tr. Virgil Wks. 236 No Vowel can be cut off before another, when we cannot sink the Pronunciation of it. 1792 T. Coke & H. Moore Life John Wesley (ed. 2) i. 4 Determined..at a single blow to cut off from the established Church every Minister of honesty and conscience. 3. To bring to an end suddenly or abruptly; to put a stop to; to break off, cut short. to cut off an entail: see entail n.2 1. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] > cause to cease or put a stop to > suddenly or abruptly (an action or person) break1330 to break offc1340 to take up1530 to cut off1576 stunt1603 to cut up short1607 to cut short1611 pawl1797 to sew up1837 to stop short1837 burst1842 to pull up1861 1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 17 I had rather cut off all old acquaintance with him. 1611 Bible (King James) Lament. iii. 53 They haue cut off my life in the dungeon. View more context for this quotation 1635 A. Stafford Femall Glory 62 Obedience calls upon me to cut off..this digression. a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) iii. ii. 73 Zabaim, cutting him off, bade him answer succinctly. 1865 C. E. L. Riddell World in Church xxvii. 303 You wish to cut off the entail. 1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 285 [These things] cut off all hopes of a reconciliation. 4. To put to death (suddenly or prematurely), to bring to an untimely end. ΘΠ the world > life > death > killing > kill [verb (transitive)] swevec725 quelmeOE slayc893 quelleOE of-falleOE ofslayeOE aquellc950 ayeteeOE spillc950 beliveOE to bring (also do) of (one's) life-dayOE fordoa1000 forfarea1000 asweveOE drepeOE forleseOE martyrOE to do (also i-do, draw) of lifeOE bringc1175 off-quellc1175 quenchc1175 forswelta1225 adeadc1225 to bring of daysc1225 to do to deathc1225 to draw (a person) to deathc1225 murder?c1225 aslayc1275 forferec1275 to lay to ground, to earth (Sc. at eird)c1275 martyrc1300 strangle1303 destroya1325 misdoa1325 killc1330 tailc1330 to take the life of (also fro)c1330 enda1340 to kill to (into, unto) death1362 brittena1375 deadc1374 to ding to deathc1380 mortifya1382 perisha1387 to dight to death1393 colea1400 fella1400 kill out (away, down, up)a1400 to slay up or downa1400 swelta1400 voida1400 deliverc1400 starvec1425 jugylc1440 morta1450 to bring to, on, or upon (one's) bierc1480 to put offc1485 to-slaya1500 to make away with1502 to put (a person or thing) to silencec1503 rida1513 to put downa1525 to hang out of the way1528 dispatch?1529 strikea1535 occidea1538 to firk to death, (out) of lifec1540 to fling to deathc1540 extinct1548 to make out of the way1551 to fet offa1556 to cut offc1565 to make away?1566 occise1575 spoil1578 senda1586 to put away1588 exanimate1593 unmortalize1593 speed1594 unlive1594 execute1597 dislive1598 extinguish1598 to lay along1599 to make hence1605 conclude1606 kill off1607 disanimate1609 feeze1609 to smite, stab in, under the fifth rib1611 to kill dead1615 transporta1616 spatch1616 to take off1619 mactate1623 to make meat of1632 to turn up1642 inanimate1647 pop1649 enecate1657 cadaverate1658 expedite1678 to make dog's meat of1679 to make mincemeat of1709 sluice1749 finisha1753 royna1770 still1778 do1780 deaden1807 deathifyc1810 to lay out1829 cool1833 to use up1833 puckeroo1840 to rub out1840 cadaverize1841 to put under the sod1847 suicide1852 outkill1860 to fix1875 to put under1879 corpse1884 stiffen1888 tip1891 to do away with1899 to take out1900 stretch1902 red-light1906 huff1919 to knock rotten1919 skittle1919 liquidate1924 clip1927 to set over1931 creasea1935 ice1941 lose1942 to put to sleep1942 zap1942 hit1955 to take down1967 wax1968 trash1973 ace1975 c1565 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1728) 16 If the Earl of Douglas..had been cutted off suddenly. 1611 Bible (King James) 1 Sam. xx. 15 When the Lord hath cut off the enemies of Dauid. View more context for this quotation 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 483. ¶2 Why such an one was cut off in the Flower of his Youth. 1888 J. W. Burgon Lives Twelve Good Men II. x. 239 His father was cut off at the age of twenty-five. ΚΠ 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster West-ward Hoe v. sig. I2 The story of vs both, shall bee as good, as an olde wiues tale, to cut off our way to London. 6. To intercept, stop the passage or supply of. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] > by interception fore-rideOE blind1303 to cut off1569 forestall1570 intercept1662 interdict1984 1569 T. Stocker tr. Diodorus Siculus Hist. Successors Alexander i. iv. 9 Leosthenes seeing that he could not by force winne the towne, straightwaies cut of their victuals. 1780 W. Coxe Acct. Russ. Discov. 198 The Chinese.. found means to cut off several straggling parties of Russians. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. v. 495 [They] cut off several vehicles of baggage. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 92 At last the company's man came to cut off the water. 1875 C. M. Yonge Cameos cxxiv, in Monthly Packet May 491 War..would cut off their wool from the Flemish looms. 7. To interrupt, stop (communication, passage, etc.); to render impossible by interposing an insurmountable obstacle. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > render immobile [verb (transitive)] > stop the movement of > cause to be arrested or intercepted in progress warna1250 foreclosec1290 dit1362 stayc1440 stopc1440 set1525 suppress1547 bar1578 frontier1589 stay1591 intercepta1599 to cut off1600 interpose1615 lodgea1616 obstruct1621 stifle1629 sufflaminate1656 stick1824 to hold up1887 society > armed hostility > military operations > manoeuvre > [verb (transitive)] > cut off glean1611 to cut off1823 1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor ii. i. sig. Fv S'light, our presence has cut off the convoy of the jest. View more context for this quotation 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures vii. 19 He cut off his way, and stopt him from passing further. 1776 N. Woodhull in J. Sparks Corr. Amer. Revol. (1853) I. 260 Cutting off the communication between the army in town and country. 1823 J. D. Hunter Mem. Captivity 52 We attempted to cut off their retreat. 1845 C. J. Lever O'Donoghue (1862) 352 I have sent a strong party..to cut off their advance. 8. To exclude from access, intercourse, view, etc.; to shut out; to debar. spec. To deprive of communication by telephone or telegraph; to disconnect (a telephone). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] forbidc1000 forrunc1275 forbar1303 before-comec1384 withstanda1400 withholdc1400 prevenec1485 supprime1490 interrupt1497 resist?a1513 prevent1522 discourage1528 prohibit1531 stop1534 forleta1555 bar1559 to bar by and main1567 disbar1567 to cut off1576 embar1577 forestall1579 obvent1588 cancel1594 waylay1625 suppress1651 antevene1655 arceate1657 exarceate1657 interpel1722 stump1858 estop1876 plug1887 pre-empt1957 deter1961 society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > communicate with by telephone [verb (transitive)] > break off connection with disconnect1877 to hang up on1928 to cut off1932 1576 A. Fleming tr. C. Longolius in Panoplie Epist. 405 You might alledge..some other impediment which cut you off from keeping company. 1709 G. Berkeley Ess. New Theory of Vision §77. 86 The Wall interposing, cuts off all that Prospect of Sea and Land. 1857 W. Collins Dead Secret I. iii. i. 136 The first cottage..which was cut off from other houses by a wall all round it. 1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany vi. 76 Declaring a man a leper, and cutting him off from social intercourse. 1891 E. S. Ellis Check No. 2134 v. 38 The company can't afford to be cut off this way. 1926 J. Black You can't Win vi. 68 She might git worked up about your troubles and ask a lot of dam' fool questions. Cut her off. 1932 D. Whipple Greenbanks viii. 91 The telephone had its merits after all; Ambrose could be cut off. 1940 W. H. Auden Another Time 91 Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone. 9. to cut off with a shilling: to disinherit by bequeathing a shilling (the bequest being a proof that the disinheritance was designed). ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > cause to descend by succession [verb (transitive)] > disinherit disheritc1290 disheritc1330 disheriss1489 disinherita1500 exheredate1552 to strike off with a shilling1597 disheir1607 disherison1654 to cut off with a shilling1834 to cut out1891 1710 J. Addison Tatler No. 216. ⁋15 My eldest Son John..I do disinherit and wholly cut off from any Part of this my Personal Estate, by giving him a single Cockle Shell.] 1834 T. Hood Tylney Hall (1840) 268 Vowing..to cut him off with a shilling. 1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Silas Marner iii. 46 I might get you turned out of house and home, and cut off with a shilling. < as lemmas |
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