| 单词 | cut |
| 释义 | cut[ kuht ] / kʌt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR cut ON THESAURUS.COM verb (used with object), cut, cut·ting.to penetrate with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument or object: He cut his finger. to divide with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever; carve: to cut a rope. to detach with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; separate from the main body; lop off: to cut a slice from a loaf of bread. to hew or saw down; fell: to cut timber. to hollow out; excavate; dig: to cut a trench. to trim by clipping, shearing, paring, or pruning: to cut hair. to mow; reap; harvest: to cut grain. to abridge or shorten; edit by omitting a part or parts: to cut a speech. to repeatedly inflict injury on (oneself) by deliberately cutting the skin, as to cope with negative emotions: Some teenagers cut themselves in response to emotional pain. to lower, reduce, diminish, or curtail (sometimes followed by down): to cut prices. to dilute; make less thick: to cut wine. to dissolve: That detergent cuts grease effectively. to intersect; cross: One line cuts another at right angles. Informal. to cease; discontinue (often followed by out): Cut the kidding.Let's cut out the pretense. to stop; halt the running of, as a liquid or an engine (often followed by off): The pilot cut the engines and glided in for a landing. Cut off the hot water. to dilute or adulterate (a drug) by mixing it with other substances. to grow (a tooth or teeth) through the gum: The baby is cutting his teeth. to type, write, or draw on (a stencil) for mimeographing. to make or fashion by cutting, as a statue, jewel, or garment. Glassmaking. to produce a pattern (in glass) by grinding and polishing. to refuse to recognize socially; shun ostentatiously: Her friends began to cut her as the season progressed. to strike sharply, as with a whip. to absent oneself from: allowed to cut three classes per semester. Movies, Television.
Computers. to remove (selected text, images, etc.) from a file to store in temporary memory until pasted elsewhere.Compare copy (def. 15), paste (def. 13). to wound the feelings of severely. Cards.
to record a selection on (a phonograph record or tape); make a recording of. to castrate; geld. Sports. to hit (a ball) with either the hand or some instrument so as to change its course and often to cause it to spin. Cricket. to strike and send off (a ball) in front of the batsman, and parallel to the wicket. Slang. to be a nonplaying dealer, manager, or supervisor of (a card game, crap game, or other gambling game) in return for a percentage of the money bet or sometimes for a fee. verb (used without object), cut, cut·ting.to penetrate or divide something, as with a sharp-edged instrument; make an incision: The scissors cut well. to admit of being cut: Butter cuts easily. to repeatedly inflict self-injury by deliberately cutting the skin. to pass, go, or come, especially in the most direct way (usually followed by across, through, in, etc.): to cut across an empty lot. Movies, Television.
to make a sudden or sharp turn in direction; change direction suddenly; swerve: We cut to the left to avoid hitting the cyclist. to strike a person, animal, etc., sharply, as with a whip. to wound the feelings severely: His criticism cut deep. (of the teeth) to grow through the gums. Computers. to remove selected text, images, etc., from a file for storage in temporary memory until pasted elsewhere.Compare copy (def. 17), paste (def. 14). Cards. to cut the cards. Informal. to leave hastily: to cut for the hills. (of a horse)
adjectivethat has been subjected to cutting; divided into pieces by cutting; detached by cutting: cut flowers. fashioned by cutting; having the surface shaped or ornamented by grinding, polishing, or the like: cut diamonds. reduced by or as if by cutting: cut whiskey; cut prices. Botany. incised; cleft. castrated; gelded. Slang. drunk. nounthe act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc. the result of cutting, as an incision, wound, passage, or channel. a piece cut off: a cut of a pie. Informal. a share, especially of earnings or profits: His agent's cut is 20 percent. a haircut, often with a styling. a reduction in price, salary, etc. the manner or fashion in which anything is cut: the cut of a dress. style; manner; kind: We need a man of his cut in this firm. a passage or course straight across or through: a cut through the woods. an excision or omission of a part. a part or quantity of text deleted or omitted. a quantity cut, especially of lumber. a refusal to recognize an acquaintance. an act, speech, etc., that wounds the feelings. an engraved plate or block of wood used for printing. a printed picture or illustration. an absence, as from a school class, at which attendance is required. Butchering. part of an animal usually cut as one piece. Cards. a cutting of the cards. Sports.
Fencing. a blow with the edge of the blade instead of the tip. one of several pieces of straw, paper, etc., used in drawing lots. Movies, Television.
an individual song, musical piece, or other similar material on a record or tape. any product of the fractional distillation of petroleum. Verb Phrasescut across, to precede or go beyond considerations of; transcend: The new tax program cuts across party lines. cut down,
cut in,
cut off,
cut out,
cut up,
Idioms for cuta cut above, somewhat superior to another (thing, person, etc.) in some respect: Her work is a cut above anyone else's. cut a caper / figure, to perform a spirited, brief, outlandish dance step, especially as a result of euphoria.
cut a figure, cut and run, cut back, cut both ways, to have, produce, or result in advantages as well as disadvantages: This decision will inevitably cut both ways. cut down to size, to reduce the stature or importance of: The novelist had a big ego until the critics cut him down to size.Also chop down to size . cut it, Informal. cut it out, Informal. to stop doing something: That hurts! Cut it out! cut no ice, Informal. ice (def. 25). cut out for, fitted for; capable of: He wasn't cut out for military service. cut the cheese, Slang. cheese1 (def. 12). Origin of cutFirst recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English cutten, kytten, kitten, Old English cyttan (unattested); akin to Old Swedish kotta “to cut,” Old Norse kuti “little knife” SYNONYMS FOR cut1 gash, slash, slit, lance. 2 cleave, sunder, bisect. 8 abbreviate, curtail. SEE SYNONYMS FOR cut ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for cut2. Cut, chop, hack, hew refer to giving a sharp blow or stroke. Cut is a general word for this: to cut the grass. To chop is to cut by giving repeated blows with something sharp, as an ax. To chop and to hew are practically interchangeable, but hew suggests keeping to a definite purpose: to chop or hew down a tree; to hew out a clearing. To hack is to cut or chop roughly and unevenly: to hack off a limb. OTHER WORDS FROM cuthalf-cut, adjectivemis·cut, verb, mis·cut, mis·cut·ting.out·cut, verb (used with object), out·cut, out·cut·ting.re·cut, verb, re·cut, re·cut·ting. well-cut, adjective Words nearby cutcustoms union, custom-tailor, custos, custos morum, custumal, cut, cutability, cut above, cut across, cut a deal, cut adrift Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cut
British Dictionary definitions for cutcut / (kʌt) / verb cuts, cutting or cutto open up or incise (a person or thing) with a sharp edge or instrument; gash (of a sharp instrument) to penetrate or incise (a person or thing) to divide or be divided with or as if with a sharp instrumentcut a slice of bread (intr) to use a sharp-edged instrument or an instrument that cuts (tr) to trim or prune by or as if by clippingto cut hair (tr) to reap or mow (a crop, grass, etc) (tr) to geld or castrate (tr sometimes foll by out) to make, form, or shape by cuttingto cut a suit (tr) to hollow or dig out; excavateto cut a tunnel through the mountain to strike (an object) sharply (tr) sport to hit (a ball) with a downward slicing stroke so as to impart spin or cause it to fall short cricket to hit (the ball) to the off side, usually between cover and third man, with a roughly horizontal bat to hurt or wound the feelings of (a person), esp by malicious speech or action (tr) informal to refuse to recognize; snub (tr) informal to absent oneself from (an activity, location, etc), esp without permission or in hasteto cut class (tr) to abridge, shorten, or edit by excising a part or parts (tr often foll by down) to lower, reduce, or curtailto cut losses (tr) to dilute or weakenheroin that was cut with nontoxic elements (tr) to dissolve or break upto cut fat (when intr, foll by across or through) to cross or traversethe footpath cuts through the field (intr) to make a sharp or sudden change in direction; veer to grow (teeth) through the gums or (of teeth) to appear through the gums (intr) films
films to edit (film) (tr) to switch off (a light, car engine, etc) (tr) (of a performer, recording company, etc) to make (a record or tape of a song, concert, performance, etc) cards
(tr) to remove (material) from an object by means of a chisel, lathe, etc (tr) (of a tool) to bite into (an object) (intr) (of a horse) to injure the leg just above the hoof by a blow from the opposite foot cut a caper or cut capers
cut both ways
cut a dash to behave or dress showily or strikingly; make a stylish impression cut a person dead informal to ignore a person completely cut a good figure to appear or behave well cut a poor figure to appear or behave badly cut and run informal to make a rapid escape cut it slang be successful in doing something cut it fine informal to allow little margin of time, space, etc cut corners to do something in the easiest or shortest way, esp at the expense of high standardswe could finish this project early only if we cut corners cut loose to free or become freed from restraint, custody, anchorage, etc cut no ice informal to fail to make an impression cut one's losses to give up spending time, money, or energy on an unprofitable or unsuccessful activity cut one's teeth on informal
adjectivedetached, divided, or separated by cutting botany incised or dividedcut leaves made, shaped, or fashioned by cutting reduced or diminished by or as if by cuttingcut prices gelded or castrated weakened or diluted British a slang word for drunk hurt; resentful cut and dried informal settled or arranged in advance cut lunch Australian and NZ a sandwich lunch carried from home to work, school, etc nounthe act of cutting a stroke or incision made by cutting; gash a piece or part cut off, esp a section of food cut from the wholea cut of meat the edge of anything cut or sliced a passage, channel, path, etc, cut or hollowed out an omission or deletion, esp in a text, film, or play a reduction in price, salary, etc a decrease in government finance in a particular department or area, usually leading to a reduction of services, staff numbers, etc short for power cut mainly US and Canadian a quantity of timber cut during a specific time or operation informal a portion or share informal a straw, slip of paper, etc, used in drawing lots the manner or style in which a thing, esp a garment, is cut; fashion
a direct route; short cut the US name for block (def. 15) sport the spin of a cut ball cricket a stroke made with the bat in a roughly horizontal position films an immediate transition from one shot to the next, brought about by splicing the two shots together informal an individual piece of music on a record; track words or an action that hurt another person's feelings a refusal to recognize an acquaintance; snub informal, mainly US an unauthorized absence, esp from a school class chem a fraction obtained in distillation, as in oil refining the metal removed in a single pass of a machine tool
British a stretch of water, esp a canal a cut above informal superior (to); better (than) make the cut golf to better or equal the required score after two rounds in a strokeplay tournament, thus avoiding elimination from the final two rounds miss the cut golf to achieve a greater score after the first two rounds of a strokeplay tournament than that required to play in the remaining two rounds See also cut across, cut along, cutback, cut down, cut in, cut off, cut out, cut up Word Origin for cutC13: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Norwegian kutte to cut, Icelandic kuti small knife Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with cutcut In addition to the idioms beginning with cut
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The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to cutlaceration, wound, saving, reduction, decrease, cutback, quota, shave, slice, rip, slash, carve, curtail, divide, trim, chip, snip, slit, rent, passage Medical definitions for cutcut [ kŭt ] v.To penetrate with a sharp edge; strike a narrow opening in. To separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever. To make an incision or a separation. To have a new tooth grow through the gums. To form or shape by severing or incising. To separate from a body; detach. To lessen the strength of; dilute. n.The act of cutting. The result of cutting, especially an opening or wound made by a sharp edge. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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