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C0825100 (kŭt)v. cut, cut·ting, cuts v.tr.1. To penetrate with a sharp edge; strike a narrow opening in.2. To separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever: cut cloth with scissors.3. To sever the edges or ends of; shorten: cut one's hair.4. To mow, reap, or harvest: cut grain; cut grass.5. To fell by sawing; hew.6. To have (a new tooth) grow through the gums.7. a. To form or shape by severing or incising: a doll that was cut from paper.b. To form or shape by grinding: cut a diamond.8. a. To form by penetrating, probing, or digging: cut a trench.b. To exhibit the appearance or give the impression of: cuts a fine figure on the dance floor.9. a. To separate from a main body; detach: cut a limb from a tree.b. To separate from a group: cut a calf from a herd.c. To discharge from a group or number: had to cut six players from the team.10. To pass through or across; cross: a sailboat cutting the water.11. Games To divide (a deck of cards) into two parts, as in completing a shuffle or in exposing a card at random.12. To reduce the size, extent, or duration of; curtail or shorten: cut a payroll; cut a budget; cut the cooking time in half.13. a. To remove or delete: cut a line from a poem.b. Computers To remove (a segment) from a document or graphics file for storage in a buffer.14. To lessen the strength of; dilute: cut whiskey with water.15. To dissolve by breaking down the fat of: Soap cuts grease.16. To injure the feelings of; hurt keenly.17. To refuse to speak to or recognize; snub: cut me dead at the party.18. To fail to attend purposely: cut a class.19. Informal To cease; stop: cut the noise; cut an engine.20. Sports a. To strike (a ball) so that it spins in a reverse direction.b. To throw or hit (a ball) on a curving trajectory.21. a. To perform: cut a caper.b. To make out and issue: cut a check to cover travel expenses.22. To arrange or reach (an agreement).23. Slang To be able to manage; handle successfully: couldn't cut the long hours anymore.24. To stop filming (a movie scene).25. a. To record a performance on (a phonograph record or other medium).b. To make a recording of (a song, for example).26. To edit (a movie or audio recording).27. Vulgar Slang To expel (a discharge of intestinal gas).28. To injure (oneself) by penetrating the skin with a sharp object.v.intr.1. To make an incision or a separation: Cut along the dotted line.2. To allow incision or severing: Butter cuts easily.3. To function as a sharp-edged instrument.4. a. To remove part of something, such as a text or film.b. Computers To remove a part of a document or graphics file and store it in a buffer.5. To grow through the gums. Used of teeth.6. To injure someone's feelings: a remark that cut without mercy.7. To change direction abruptly: Cut to the left at the next intersection.8. To go directly and often hastily: cut across a field.9. Games To divide a pack of cards into two parts, especially in order to make a chance decision or selection.10. To make an abrupt transition to another segment of film, video, or audio: cut from one shot to another.11. To be very astute and penetrating: an analysis that cuts deep.12. To inflict self-injury by penetrating the skin with a sharp object.n.1. The act of cutting.2. The result of cutting, especially an opening or wound made by a sharp edge.3. A part that has been cut from a main body: a cut of beef; a cut of cloth.4. A passage made by digging or probing.5. The elimination or removal of a part: a cut in a speech.6. A reduction: a cut in salary.7. Sports The remainder of contestants in a competition, especially in golf, after some have been eliminated: did very well but still missed the cut.8. The style in which a garment is cut: a suit of traditional cut.9. A haircut.10. Informal A portion of profits or earnings; a share.11. A wounding remark; an insult.12. An unexcused absence, as from school or a class.13. A step in a scale of value or quality; degree: a cut above the average.14. Printing a. An engraved block or plate.b. A print made from such a block.15. Sports a. A stroke that causes a ball to spin in a reverse direction.b. A curve in the trajectory of a ball or puck.16. Baseball A swing of a bat.17. Games The act of dividing a deck of cards into two parts, as before dealing.18. One of the objects used in drawing lots.19. A transition between segments of film, video, or audio.20. A movie at a given stage in its editing: approved the final cut for distribution.21. A single selection of music from a recording, especially a phonograph recording.adj.1. Having the ends or edges cut: admired his newly cut hair.2. Having been cut or clipped off: cut grass that blew in the wind.3. Printing Having the page edge slit or trimmed. Used of a book.4. Ground to a specific shape: cut gemstones.5. Slang Circumcised. Used of a man or boy.Phrasal Verbs: cut back1. To shorten by cutting; prune.2. To reduce or decrease: cut back production. cut down1. To kill or strike down.2. To alter by removing extra or additional fittings: cut down a car for racing.3. To reduce the amount taken or used: cutting down on one's intake of rich foods. cut in1. To move into a line of people or things out of turn.2. To interrupt: During the debate my opponent kept cutting in.3. To interrupt a dancing couple in order to dance with one of them.4. To connect or become connected into an electrical circuit.5. To mix in with or as if with cutting motions: Measure out the flour and use a pair of knives to cut the shortening in.6. To include, especially among those profiting. cut off1. To separate from others; isolate.2. To stop suddenly; discontinue.3. To shut off; bar.4. To interrupt the course or passage of: The infielder cut off the throw to the plate.5. To interrupt or break the line of communication of: The telephone operator cut us off.6. To disinherit: cut their heirs off without a cent. cut out1. To remove by or as if by cutting.2. To form or shape by or as if by cutting.3. To take the place of; supplant.4. To suit or fit by nature: I'm not cut out to be a hero.5. To assign beforehand or by necessity; predetermine: We've got our work cut out for us.6. To deprive: felt cut out of all the fun.7. To stop; cease.8. Informal To depart hastily.9. Chiefly Southern US To turn off (a light or television set). cut up Informal 1. To behave in a playful, comic, or boisterous way; clown.2. To criticize severely.Idioms: a cut above One that is superior to another or others. cut a fat hog Texas To take on more than one is able to accomplish: "Boy, has he cut a fat hog, as they say down home" (Hughes Rudd). cut and run To leave an unsettled situation or abandon a risky enterprise. cut a wide swath To make a big display; draw much attention. cut bait To abandon an activity or enterprise. cut both ways To have both favorable and unfavorable results or implications. cut corners To do something in the easiest or most inexpensive way. cut from the same cloth Similar or the same. cut it Informal To perform up to expectations or a required standard; be acceptable. cut loose To speak or act without restraint: cut loose with a string of curses. cut no ice To make no effect or impression: an objection that cut no ice with management. cut off (one's) nose to spite (one's) face To injure oneself in taking revenge against another. cut (one's) losses To withdraw from a losing situation. cut (one's) teeth on To learn or do as a beginner or at the start of one's career. cut short To stop before the end; abbreviate. cut (someone) down to size To deflate the self-importance of (someone). cut the cheese Vulgar Slang To expel intestinal gas. cut the mustard To perform up to expectations or to a required standard. cut to the chase To get to the matter at hand.

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[Middle English cutten.]

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cut′ta·ble adj.

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Verb	1.	cut back - return in time; "the film cut back to an earlier event in the story"flash backreturn - go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before; "return to your native land"; "the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean"
	2.	cut back - cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"cut down, reduce, trim back, trim down, cut, trim, bring downshorten - make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration; "He shortened his trip due to illness"spill - reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail)quench - reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substancecut - have a reducing effect; "This cuts into my earnings"retrench - make a reduction, as in one's workforce; "The company had to retrench"slash - cut drastically; "Prices were slashed"thin out - make sparse; "thin out the young plants"thin - make thin or thinner; "Thin the solution"minify, decrease, lessen - make smaller; "He decreased his staff"detract, take away - take away a part from; diminish; "His bad manners detract from his good character"deflate - reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices; "deflate the currency"inflate - increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value; "inflate the currency"downsize - reduce in size or number; "the company downsized its research staff"subtract - take off or away; "this prefix was subtracted when the word was borrowed from French"knock off, shave - cut the price of
	3.	cut back - cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"prune, snip, lop, clip, crop, trim, dressthin out - make sparse; "thin out the young plants"shear - cut with shears; "shear hedges"pollard, poll - convert into a pollard; "pollard trees"pinch, top - cut the top off; "top trees and bushes"disbud - thin out buds to improve the quality of the remaining flowers
	4.	cut back - place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school"curtail, restrict, curbcircumscribe, confine, limit - restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"abridge - lessen, diminish, or curtail; "the new law might abridge our freedom of expression"immobilise, immobilize - cause to be unable to move; "The sudden storm immobilized the traffic"

cut

verb1. To penetrate with a sharp edge:gash, incise, pierce, slash, slit.2. To separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument:carve, cleave, dissever, sever, slice, slit, split.3. To bring down, as with a saw or ax.Also used with down:chop down, fell, hew.4. To turn aside sharply from a straight course:chop, sheer, skew, slue, swerve, veer.Nautical: yaw.5. To decrease, as in length or amount, by or as if by severing or excising:chop, clip, crop, cut back, cut down, lop, lower, pare, prune, shear, slash, trim, truncate.6. To lessen the strength of by or as if by admixture:attenuate, dilute, thin, water (down), weaken.7. To slight (someone) deliberately:rebuff, shun, snub, spurn.Informal: coldshoulder.Idioms: close the door on, give someone the cold shoulder, give someone the go-by, turn one's back on.8. To fail to attend on purpose:truant.Informal: skip.Idioms: go AWOL, play hooky.phrasal verb
cut acrossTo pass through or over:crisscross, cross, crosscut, decussate, intersect.phrasal verb
cut backTo decrease, as in length or amount, by or as if by severing or excising:chop, clip, crop, cut, cut down, lop, lower, pare, prune, shear, slash, trim, truncate.phrasal verb
cut down1. To cause the death of:carry off, cut off, destroy, dispatch, finish (off), kill, slay.Slang: waste, zap.Idioms: put an end to, put to sleep.2. To cause to fall, as from a shot or blow:bring down, down, drop, fell, flatten, floor, ground, knock down, level, prostrate, strike down, throw.Slang: deck.Idiom: lay low.3. To decrease, as in length or amount, by or as if by severing or excising:chop, clip, crop, cut, cut back, lop, lower, pare, prune, shear, slash, trim, truncate.phrasal verb
cut in1. To force or come in as an improper or unwanted element:horn in, intrude, obtrude.2. To interject remarks or questions into another's discourse:break in, chime in, chip in, interrupt.phrasal verb
cut off1. To set apart from a group:close off, insulate, isolate, seclude, segregate, separate, sequester.2. To cause the death of:carry off, cut down, destroy, dispatch, finish (off), kill, slay.Slang: waste, zap.Idioms: put an end to, put to sleep.3. To block the progress of and force to change direction:head off, intercept.phrasal verb
cut out1. To take the place of (another) against the other's will:displace, supplant.2. To desist from, cease, or discontinue (a habit, for example):break, give up, leave off, stop.Slang: kick.3. Informal. To move or proceed away from a place:depart, exit, get away, get off, go, go away, leave, pull out, quit, retire, run (along), withdraw.Informal: push off, shove off.Slang: blow, split, take off.Idioms: hit the road, take leave.phrasal verb
cut up1. Informal. To behave in a rowdy, improper, or unruly fashion:act up, carry on, misbehave.Informal: horse around.2. Informal. To find fault with:blame, censure, criticize, fault, rap.Informal: pan.Slang: knock.noun1. The result of cutting:gash, incision, slash, slice, slit, split.2. A part severed from a whole:piece, portion, section, segment, slice.3. The act or process of decreasing:abatement, curtailment, cutback, decrease, decrement, diminishment, diminution, drain, reduction, slash, slowdown, taper.4. Informal. That which is allotted:allocation, allotment, allowance, dole, lot, measure, part, portion, quantum, quota, ration, share, split.Slang: divvy.5. A deliberate slight:rebuff, snub, spurn.Informal: cold shoulder, go-by.6. An unexcused absence:truancy, truantry.Informal: hooky.

Translations

削减

cut

(kat) – present participle ˈcutting: past tense past participle cut – verb1. to make an opening in, usually with something with a sharp edge. He cut the paper with a pair of scissors. 切，割，剪 切，割，剪 2. to separate or divide by cutting. She cut a slice of bread; The child cut out the pictures; She cut up the meat into small pieces. 切開 切开3. to make by cutting. She cut a hole in the cloth. 剪開 剪开4. to shorten by cutting; to trim. to cut hair; I'll cut the grass. 剪短 剪短5. to reduce. They cut my wages by ten per cent. 削減 削减6. to remove. They cut several passages from the film. 剪輯 剪辑7. to wound or hurt by breaking the skin (of). I cut my hand on a piece of glass. 割破 割破8. to divide (a pack of cards). 切牌 切牌9. to stop. When the actress said the wrong words, the director ordered `Cut!' (電影拍攝時)停拍 （电影拍摄时）停拍 10. to take a short route or way. He cut through/across the park on his way to the office; A van cut in in front of me on the motorway. 抄近路 抄近路11. to meet and cross (a line or geometrical figure). An axis cuts a circle in two places. 剖切(直線或幾何圖形) 相交，相切 12. to stay away from (a class, lecture etc). He cut school and went to the cinema. 曠課 旷课13. (also cut dead) to ignore completely. She cut me dead in the High Street. 完全不理會 假装没看见 noun1. the result of an act of cutting. a cut on the head; a power-cut (= stoppage of electrical power); a haircut; a cut in prices. 傷口，切斷，削減 伤口，切断，削减 2. the way in which something is tailored, fashioned etc. the cut of the jacket. 裁剪 裁剪3. a piece of meat cut from an animal. a cut of beef. 切下的肉塊 切下的肉块ˈcutter noun1. a person or thing that cuts. a wood-cutter; a glass-cutter. 切割者，切割機具 切割者，用于切割的器械 2. a type of small sailing ship. 小艇 小汽艇ˈcutting noun1. a piece of plant cut off and replanted to form another plant. 插條，插枝 插条，插枝 2. an article cut out from a newspaper etc. She collects cuttings about the Royal Family. 剪報 剪报3. a trench dug through a hillside etc, in which a railway, road etc is built. 山丘上開挖的濠溝，路基 （筑路时排除障碍物的）开挖的堑沟，路堑 adjective insulting or offending. a cutting remark. 尖刻的 尖刻的cut glass glass with ornamental patterns cut on the surface, used for drinking glasses etc. 雕花玻璃杯 雕花玻璃杯ˈcut-price cheaper than normal. cut-price goods; a cut-price store. 減價的 减价的ˈcut-throat noun a murderer. 兇手，謀殺者 凶手，谋杀者 adjective fierce; ruthless. cut-throat business competition. 無情的 无情的a cut above (obviously) better than. He's a cut above the average engineer. 優於，好於 优于，好于 cut and dried fixed and definite. cut-and-dried opinions. 已成定局的 已成定局的cut back to reduce considerably: The government cut back (on) public spending (noun ˈcutback) 削減 削减cut both ways to affect both parts of a question, both people involved, good and bad points etc. That argument cuts both ways! (議論)對雙方都起作用，兩面都說得通 （议论）对双方都起作用，两面都说得通 cut a dash to have a smart or striking appearance. He cuts a dash in his purple suit. 惹人注目 大出风头cut down1. to cause to fall by cutting. He has cut down the apple tree. 砍倒 砍倒2. to reduce (an amount taken etc). I haven't given up smoking but I'm cutting down. 削減 削减cut in to interrupt. She cut in with a remark. 插嘴 插嘴cut it fine to allow barely enough time, money etc for something that must be done. 扣得很緊，幾乎不留餘地 扣得很紧，几乎不留余地 cut no ice to have no effect. This sort of flattery cuts no ice with me. 起不起作用，沒有影響 不起作用，无效 cut off1. to interrupt or break a telephone connection. I was cut off in the middle of the telephone call. 中斷或切斷電話線路 电话线路被切断2. to separate. They were cut off from the rest of the army. 隔離 使隔绝3. to stop or prevent delivery of. They've cut off our supplies of coal. 中止，中斷 中止，中断 cut one's losses to decide to spend no more money, effort etc on something which is proving unprofitable. 無利可圖便及時收手 趁早收手（赶紧脱手免受损失），認賠出場 cut one's teeth to grow one's first teeth. The baby's cutting his first tooth. 長出第一顆乳牙 长出牙齿，初试牛刀 cut out1. to stop working, sometimes because of a safety device. The engines cut out (noun ˈcut-out). 停止工作 停止工作2. to stop. I've cut out smoking. 戒除，改掉 戒除，放弃 cut short1. to make shorter than intended. He cut short his holiday to deal with the crisis. 縮短 缩短2. to cause (someone) to stop talking by interrupting them. I tried to apologize but he cut me short. 打斷某人的談話 打断某人的谈话