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单词 cut
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cut

/kʌt /
verb (cutting; past and past participle cut) [with object]
1Make an opening, incision, or wound in (something) with a sharp-edged tool or object: he cut his big toe on a sharp stone when fruit is cut open, it goes brown...
  • It was when I pulled my hand away when I realized that the ring on his finger had cut my skin and it was now bleeding.
  • He threw a knife and cut a man's ear and cheek with it.
  • During a big home repair job - well, really just changing a light switch - I accidentally cut myself.

Synonyms

gash, slash, lacerate, slit, pierce, penetrate, wound, injure;
scratch, graze, nick, snick, notch, incise, score;
lance
1.1Make a deliberate incision in (one’s flesh), as a symptom of psychological or emotional distress: I started cutting myself when I was about 14 and continued for four years [no object]: I just started high school and I have a lot of self-confidence issues and as a result I started cutting...
  • My foster parents would talk about it with me and the pain was so deep inside I just had to do something to feel something else so I began to cut.
  • When I could no longer stand to utter one more word in the world, I began to cut myself.
  • At least she's stopped cutting, but she really needs us more than ever.
2Remove (something) from something larger by using a sharp implement: I cut his photograph out of the paper some prisoners had their right hands cut off...
  • We decided to use cutting equipment to cut away the section of the fence that had pierced him so he could be taken to hospital.
  • McKeon's natural stone is cut from limestone beds laid down 250 million years ago.
  • Blocks of ice were cut from ponds and lakes on the estate and stacked between layers of straw.

Synonyms

pick, pluck, gather;
harvest, reap
literary garner, cull
sever, chop off, hack off;
amputate
remove, take out, excise, extract;
snip out, clip out
2.1Castrate (an animal, especially a horse).Whether cutting cattle or breaking horses, Adam was undoubtedly the best on the Ponderosa....
  • For more than 50 years, raising, training, cutting and showing horses has been a way of life for him.
  • At two, many stallions are gentle (I had one I kept until he was 5 then had him cut).
2.2 (cut something out) Make something by cutting: I cut out some squares of paper...
  • Draw a 4-inch square on the piece of paper, and cut it out.
  • The back panel was easier, since I will be making an acrylic motherboard tray with a square back panel, I just cut it out with my jigsaw.
  • Finally, the individual leaves would be cut out and then ready to hang from the classroom lights, or be displayed on the classroom windows.
2.3 (cut something out) Remove, exclude, or stop eating or doing something undesirable: start today by cutting out fatty foods...
  • Why, you try cutting them out, stop eating them, avoiding temptation.
  • Cut down on sodium the week before, then cut it out entirely the last three days before the shoot.
  • The usual migraine triggers were cut out from Harriet's diet: chocolate, cheese, orange juice: but to no avail, says Nicky.

Synonyms

give up, refrain from, abstain from, go without, stop drinking/eating
informal quit, leave off, pack in, lay off, knock off
2.4 (cut something out) North American Separate an animal from the main herd: after the target animal is spotted, the pilot swoops down, cutting it out of the herd...
  • Sneaking up on a huge animal, and cutting it out of a herd was always treacherous business.
  • Just as Diego almost cut the cow out of the herd it lashed out kicking furiously and howling.
  • I had been grinning all morning, especially when Mesa and I succeeded in cutting some difficult cows from the herd.
3Divide into pieces with a knife or other sharp implement: cut the beef into thin slices he cut his food up into teeny pieces...
  • It's too bad Sara had made Salad for supper because the carrots had to be cut with a knife.
  • At more than six feet tall and weighing in at over 600 pounds, her cake had to be cut with a knife that was a foot and a half long.
  • Matthias chuckles, then takes a knife, and cuts himself some bread.

Synonyms

chop, cut up, slice, dice, cube, mince;
carve;
divide;
North American hash
3.1Make divisions in (something): land that has been cut up by streams into forested areas...
  • Lafayette street was added years later after the land had been cut up and sold to developers.
  • Heaps of snow had been cut up by vehicles into mushy mud.
  • Even Ethiopia, situated on a high plateau, which was cut up by mountains and vast canyons that made internal travel difficult, was accessible only from an exceptionally hot and unpleasant desert coast.
3.2Separate (something) into two; sever: they cut the rope before he choked...
  • That is rewriting history, and cutting your anchor rope, and should be resisted.
  • Some were lost through storms or when their marking float lines were cut by boat props or otherwise severed.
  • An inline fuel separator is installed by cutting the vent hose that runs from the fuel tank to the tank vent on the outside of the boat.

Synonyms

sever, cleave, cut in two
literary rend
archaic sunder
rare dissever
3.3 (cut something down) Cause something to fall by cutting it through at the base: some 24 hectares of trees were cut down...
  • So you're saying someone purposely cut this tree down to fall on me, then ran away just a few minutes ago?
  • Whenever a massive sequoia tree or branch threatened to fall on a structure, the tree was cut down.
  • He told the hearing that between 50-100 oak trees on his land would be cut down because of the Bypass project.

Synonyms

fell, chop down, hack down, saw down, hew
3.4 (cut someone down) (Of a weapon, bullet, or disease) kill or injure someone: Barker had been cut down by a sniper’s bullet...
  • The woman, whose 17-year-old daughter was cut down by four 9mm bullets fired from a sub-machine gun, also called for an end to the violence associated with gang culture.
  • Just as this associate is about to divulge more, a hail of bullets cuts him down, cutting short the protagonist's convalescence and paving the way for another narrative-driven, gunplay-heavy escapade.
  • If your attempt fails, the enemy will use the weapon he carries to cut you down.

Synonyms

kill, slaughter, dispatch;
shoot down, mow down, gun down;
cut someone off in their prime
informal take out, blow away, snuff out
literary slay
4Make or form (something) by using a sharp tool to remove material: workmen cut a hole in the pipe...
  • Eventually, firefighters cut a hole in the main floor to gain access.
  • He looked around, and cut a hole in the corner of the bag with his knife.
  • We proceeded to cut a hole in the fence and climb through.
4.1Make or design (a garment) in a particular way: (as adjective, with submodifier cut) an impeccably cut suit...
  • I had a low cut polo shirt along with a denim mini skirt and silver pumps.
  • Sara struggled into tight jeans and a low cut shirt that was also too tight.
  • He also knows how to cut a killer coat, while still remaining true to his vision.
4.2Make (a path, tunnel, or other route) by excavation, digging, or chopping: plans to cut a road through a rainforest [no object]: investigators called for a machete to cut through the bush...
  • A new road had been cut through the quarry wall to a tidy waterside quay.
  • He had found the path, cut through the forest, followed the trail of pebbles and watched the signs leading to nowhere.
  • They followed riverbeds and paths cut through the mountainous terrain for the Indonesian army.
4.3Make (a sound recording): quadraphonic LPs had to be cut at a lower volume level than conventional records...
  • Many singers and music directors are being roped in to cut the albums for political parties and potential candidates.
  • From what I’ve been able to dig up Turner cut the album in his home studio.
  • The performers posed for a photocall after cutting the single.

Synonyms

record, make a recording of, put on disc/tape, make a tape of, tape-record
informal lay down
5Trim or reduce the length of (grass, hair, etc.) by using a sharp implement: Ted was cutting the lawn cut back all the year’s growth to about four leaves...
  • Who cuts their grass or trims their hedge in winter?
  • Her makeup was sensible, and her wheat blond hair was cut very fashionably.
  • She had a good figure, and her light brown hair was cut about neck length, the style in the area.
6Reduce the amount or quantity of: buyers will bargain hard to cut the cost of the house they want I should cut down my sugar intake [no object]: they’ve cut back on costs we’re looking to cut down on the use of chemicals...
  • At the moment she is preparing for her tough task by cutting down on the amount of tea she drinks.
  • First, it cuts down on the amount of free time kids spend without supervision.
  • But with nobody coming forward to take over the business, the only way forward seemed to be cutting the opening hours.

Synonyms

reduce, cut back/down on, decrease, lessen, retrench, diminish, trim, prune, slim down, ease up on;
rationalize, downsize, slenderize, economize on;
mark down, discount, lower
informal slash, axe
reduce, cut, cut down, decrease, lessen, retrench, trim, prune, slim down, scale down, salami-slice;
rationalize, downsize, economize on;
pull/draw in one's horns, tighten one's belt
informal slash, axe
6.1Abridge (a text, film, or performance) by removing material: he had to cut unnecessary additions made to the opening scene...
  • Scenes with a mechanical shark had to be cut, because it did not look believable enough.
  • You lot do know that one of the key scenes was cut from the theatrical release, right?
  • These excerpts were ultimately cut from the final script.

Synonyms

shorten, abridge, condense, abbreviate, truncate, pare down;
edit;
precis, summarize, synopsize;
bowdlerize, expurgate
rare epitomize
delete, remove, take out, edit out, excise, blue-pencil
6.2 Computing Delete (part of a text or other display) so as to insert a copy of it elsewhere. See also cut and paste.Better yet, any automation pattern can be cut, copied and pasted to any other clip or parameter....
  • Pressing the cut or copy button will allow you to cut or copy any highlighted text or image.
  • There are stage-by-stage file copies too, so cutting and pasting from the next stage of the process into your working file makes things a lot simpler.
6.3End or interrupt the provision of (a supply): we resolved to cut oil supplies to territories controlled by the rebels if the pump develops a fault, the electrical supply is immediately cut off...
  • It was used by Hitler during World War II when Germany had most of its oil supplies cut.
  • Libya has also supported British policy, cutting off oil supplies to the beleaguered regime.
  • They would react by cutting off oil supplies to the West.

Synonyms

discontinue, break off, suspend, interrupt;
stop, end, put an end to
6.4Switch off (an engine or a light): Niall brought the car to a halt and cut the engine...
  • Finally, he cut the two remaining engines, and they rolled silently to a stop.
  • After about 10 minutes, we would gather at the stern, the engines would be cut and the service would commence.
  • He was sixth for a long time, but lost the place after accidentally cutting off the engine whilst trying to de-mist his windscreen.

Synonyms

turn off, switch off, shut off, deactivate
informal kill
6.5North American Absent oneself from (something one should normally attend, especially school): Rodney was cutting class...
  • Girls showed up for the photography workshop without fail, even when they cut school.
  • One problem is that after cutting class, the teenager faces powerful temptations to misbehave.
  • I got in trouble for cutting school, staying out late, lying about detention and lying about homework.
7 informal Ignore or refuse to recognize (someone): they cut her in public...
  • He simply walked on by, cutting me as dead as a doornail, and shot into his house.
  • She heard me say that Britain should withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights and, since then, has cut me completely.
  • I can't believe you cut me like that!
8(Of a line) cross or intersect (another line): mark the point where the line cuts the vertical axis...
  • The line cuts the horizontal axis at 11.4.
  • This line cuts the vertical axis below the horizontal axis.

Synonyms

cross, intersect, bisect;
meet, join
technical decussate
8.1 [no object] (cut across) Pass or traverse, especially so as to shorten one’s route: the following aircraft cut across to join him...
  • To calm myself, I'd taken the scenic route and cut across the park to reach school.
  • They stayed away from the trail, cutting across country, following animal tracks where they could to avoid unseen obstacles.
  • Instead of going up to the front gate with the throng, we cut across and joined up with the other guards coming on duty with the brass band.
8.2 [no object] (cut across) Have an effect regardless of (divisions or boundaries between groups): subcultures which cut across national and political boundaries...
  • The challenge is to find global solutions for a problem that cuts across national boundaries, cultures, societies and socio - economic strata.
  • Many organisations will have soft power of their own as they attract citizens into coalitions that cut across national boundaries.
  • That this same complaint is made by legions of girls in small towns and suburbs across America is just one of the reasons this film cuts across national and cultural boundaries so well.

Synonyms

transcend, go beyond, rise above
8.3 [no object] (cut along) informal, dated Leave or move hurriedly: you can cut along now...
  • Cut along now. There's no time to lose.
  • ‘Cut along now to bed,’ he added gruffly; ‘we'll have to be up like larks to-morrow.’
  • I think we better be cutting along because we gotta be in Chicago by tomorrow night.
9 [no object, often in imperative] Stop filming or recording: ‘Cut’ shouted a voice, followed by ‘Could we do it again, please?’...
  • Jon will say his line and we'll cut there. You ready? Let's get in position.
  • The actor waits - in vain - for his director to call out ‘Cut!’
  • As soon as I recovered from my shock, I yelled ‘Cut!’ and rushed up to Ria and Erwin.
9.1 [with adverbial] Move to another shot in a film: cut to a dentist’s surgery...
  • For example, if a character is tracking the inward flight of an asteroid on a radar screen, we cut to a shot of the radar screen.
  • Then, in a remarkable shot, we cut to her point of view of Ray sitting in the driver's seat.
  • I really hadn't been paying attention to the news, until they cut to a shot from the news chopper.
9.2 [with object] Make (a film) into a coherent whole by removing parts or placing them in a different order: I like to watch the rushes at home before I start cutting the film...
  • As we speak he is cutting his 18th feature film.
  • Frankly, when I was cutting the movie, it was so great to be able to cut from good fun stuff with Eva and Will and then jump to scenes with Kevin and Will.
  • They cut all these pieces together and made it look like a big orgy.
10 [no object] Divide a pack of playing cards by lifting a portion from the top, either to reveal a card at random or to place the top portion under the bottom portion: let’s cut for dealer...
  • The pack is shuffled and cut and 16 cards each are dealt singly as before.
  • Players cut for the deal, and whoever cuts the highest card becomes the first dealer.
  • The cards are shuffled, cut, and dealt, usually three at a time, but this is not imperative.
11Strike or kick (a ball) with an abrupt, typically downward motion: Cook cut the ball back to him...
  • He rounds the last line of defence and tries to cut the ball across the face of goal.
  • He makes a decent run towards the right of the box, but his attempt at cutting the ball across to his teammate goes badly wrong, like almost everything else he's done today.
  • He was screaming past them, cutting balls in from the corners and was a constant source of creativity and threat.
11.1 Golf Slice (the ball).Under pressure I never hook. I am more prone to cut the ball, if anything....
  • You might end up slicing and cutting the ball all over the place.
  • After the 8th hole, Barney is ahead by 1 stroke, but cuts his ball into the rough on the 9th.
11.2 Cricket Hit (the ball) to the off side with the bat held almost horizontally; play such a stroke against (the bowler).Ahmed, who loves slicing or cutting the ball through the offside, hit 26 off 11 Carruthers deliveries and the duo looked to be taking Baildon to victory....
  • Wayne Phillips cut a ball from spinner Phil Edmonds that hit Allan Lamb's boot as he turned to take evasive action.
  • The elegant right-hander cut the ball beautifully.
11.3 [no object] Cricket (Of the ball) turn sharply on pitching.The one home bright spot came when Simon Katich cut at James Franklin to end the 84-run stand with Martyn....
  • The ball cuts back sharply and misses his bat by miles.
  • You can't depend on the ball cutting in off the pitch.
12Mix (an illegal drug) with another substance: speed cut with rat poison...
  • He says drugs are sometimes cut with other substances like talcum powder and the bag could simply have been mislabelled.
  • It was speculated that this novice dealer was cutting the cocaine he sold with amphetamine due to his existing belief that that is what he was supposed to do.
  • They do this by cutting the drugs with other powders, showing no respect for the people who take the drug.
13 (cut it) North American informal Come up to expectations; meet requirements: this CD player doesn’t quite cut it...
  • Talking with Kate the other week, I was saying I needed to get a mirror as the glass doors on my pantry weren't quite cutting it.
  • For years Leeds were the team who didn't quite cut it against the key rivals, Wigan and Bradford.
  • Unfortunately for him, he'll never know if he is made of the stuff required to cut it living offshore.
Shortened form of the idiom cut the mustard
noun
1An act of cutting, in particular:
1.1 [in singular] A haircut: his hair was in need of a cut...
  • I was first introduced to Reiki some eight years ago, sitting in the hairdressers having a cut and blow dry.
  • A cut, shampoo and set would take about an hour, and a perm would take two hours.
  • I went along to the spacious Studio in Edinburgh for a cut and colour to find out.

Synonyms

haircut, trim, clip, crop
1.2A stroke or blow given by a sharp-edged implement or by a whip or cane: he could skin an animal with a single cut of the knife...
  • And people joked about it, used to add up how many cuts of the cane they got as a mark of honour and so on, but I was scared.
  • The log books show that in those days impertinence was punished by one or two cuts with the cane - or a slap with an open hand.
  • Often the horse does his work with panting sides and trembling knees, and not seldom gets a cut of the whip from his rider.

Synonyms

blow, slash, stroke
informal swipe
1.3A wounding remark or act: his unkindest cut at Elizabeth was to call her heartless...
  • Sarah was his friend and being unable to help her was the most cruel cut of all.
  • It is true to say that Palace conspired in their own downfall, but it was nevertheless a cruel cut for their coach after he had briefly picked up the scent of his side's first win since their return to the top flight.

Synonyms

insult, slight, affront, slap in the face, jibe, barb, cutting remark, shaft
informal put-down, dig, brush-off
1.4 [often with modifier] A reduction in amount or size: she took a 20% pay cut a cut in interest rates...
  • The law ordered striking hospital employees back to work with a 15 per cent pay cut.
  • Soaring debt - which at one stage was predicted to reach £11m - has led to a series of cuts ranging from ward closures to stopping snacks for patients.
  • For a health care system already on life support due to extreme budget cuts, the extraction of $500,000,000 dollars would be the death knell.

Synonyms

reduction, cutback, decrease, retrenchment, lessening, curtailment;
North American rollback
informal slash
1.5British A power cut: fortunately the cut happened at night and power was quickly restored...
  • She said the cut happened shortly after 1pm this afternoon but by 2.30 everyone had been reconnected.

Synonyms

power cut, loss of supply, interruption of supply, breakdown;
blackout
1.6An act of cutting part of a book, play, etc. they would not publish the book unless the author was willing to make cuts...
  • Since then, they have reached a compromise, wherein the director agreed to make cuts but was allowed several days of reshoots to make the flow to his satisfaction.
  • This is also down to the editing style of Walter Murch who prefers to only make cuts when absolutely necessary.
  • After the film has been edited and completed for release in India it has to go through the censor board, where they can also make cuts.
1.7An immediate transition from one scene to another in a film: instead of hard cuts, we used dissolves to give it a very dreamy character...
  • Jewison allows the actors to set the tone through long takes rather than forcing the scene through rapid cuts.
  • Harris' use of unconventional camera angles and quick cuts invigorates these scenes.
  • There aren't many cuts - often a scene will take place before us in one shot, with the camera serenely gliding from one side of a room to the other.
1.8 Golf The halfway point of a golf tournament, where half of the players are eliminated.He didn't have a top 30 finish in any of the four last season and he missed the halfway cut at the Masters last month....
  • Although none of them feature on the leaderboard, it was a productive day for eight of the nine Scots who made the halfway cut.
  • Since making several radical changes to clubs and his mental preparation, he has barely missed a tournament cut.
1.9 Tennis & Cricket A stroke made with an abrupt, typically horizontal or downward action: Kellett was denied a century by edging a cut to wicketkeeper Burns...
  • He played some elegant straight bat drives, and he also played some beautiful horizontal bat cuts.
  • Martin seemed in more trouble when he dropped short and Gilchrist aimed a cut.
  • They adapted to the variable bounce, and then launched into the bowlers in a flurry of cuts, sweeps, drives and lofts over the infield.
2A result of cutting something, in particular:
2.1A long, narrow incision in the skin made by something sharp: blood ran from a cut on his jaw...
  • Scars on the skin appear when a cut or other injury is healing.
  • In her terror, the woman instinctively put her hand up to protect her neck and suffered a cut from the blade.
  • Vitamin B9 assists the body in forming red blood cells, and vitamin C promotes healthy skin and allows our cuts and scrapes to heal quickly.

Synonyms

gash, slash, laceration, incision, slit, wound, injury;
scratch, graze, nick, snick
2.2A long, narrow opening or incision made in a surface or piece of material: make a single cut along the top of each potato...
  • This causes the dough to expand rapidly, the cuts on top opening to give the leaf-shaped scars typical of these loaves.
  • Score the surface with shallow cuts to makes six or eight wedges each.
  • Also, if cuts are present in the tyre wall, the tyre can be weakened, making it dangerous.
2.3A piece of meat cut from a carcass: a good lean cut of beef...
  • For example, add lean cuts of red meat or dark poultry to your meals on a regular basis.
  • There is even a full-time butcher, preparing the cuts of meat from carcass.
  • If you've got the time, foods such as eggs, poultry, fish, and lean cuts of red meat are excellent sources of complete protein.

Synonyms

joint, piece, section, bit
2.4 [in singular] informal A share of the profits from something: the directors are demanding their cut...
  • More likely they'd drive me to the recycling center to cash in my cans, and then demand a cut of the profit.
  • When Kev and Mike come bearing gifts, they want to flog them down their local, promising the barmaid a cut of the profits.
  • The stars also get a cut of the profits from the show being re-sold and from the sale of videos and DVDs.

Synonyms

share, portion, bit, quota, percentage;
commission, dividend
informal whack, slice of the cake, rake-off, piece of the action
2.5A recording of a piece of music: a cut from his forthcoming album...
  • You've mentioned that recording the band's cuts was a stop and start process.
  • Soul Jazz operates both as a label and a retail outlet, sourcing rare reggae and funk cuts and pressing them up on a series of acclaimed albums.
  • This being a tribute record, all the cuts don't work.
2.6A version of a film after editing: the final cut...
  • Get the extended director's cut with original German dialogue, if you can.
  • The director's cut of the film, on the other hand, leaves little room for laughter.
  • And all that's left is an early director's cut of a promising movie that desperately needs editing.
2.7A passage cut or dug out, as a railway cutting or a new channel made for a river or other waterway: the cut connected with the Harborough arm of the canal...
  • I had assumed that the Broads would be broad - so was unprepared for far too many of the cuts, dykes and rivers having the dimensions and floorplan of supermarket aisles.
  • The aqueduct begins at Chadwell Spring, near Ware in Hertfordshire, and is soon joined by a cut from the River Lea.
  • Operations in the 1940s consisted of a large open pit with smaller cuts and several tunnels.
3 [in singular] The way or style in which something, especially a garment or someone’s hair, is cut: the elegant cut of his dinner jacket...
  • Louise designs the cut and style and Rita weaves her hue magic to create movement and pizazz.
  • The secret to fab hair is in the cut, not the containers of setting gunk!
  • All I see is his broad back encased in an expensive black suit, and the elegant cut of his dark hair.

Synonyms

style, design;
tailoring, lines, fit

Phrases

be cut out for (or to be)

a cut above

cut and dried

cut and run

cut and thrust

cut both ways

cut the corner

cut corners

cut the crap

cut a dash

cut someone dead

cut a deal

cut someone down to size

cut something down to size

cut a —— figure

cut from the same cloth

cut in line

cut it fine

cut it out

cut loose

cut someone/thing loose (or free)

cut one's losses

cut the mustard

cut no ice

cut someone off (or down) in their prime

cut someone/thing short

cut someone to pieces

cut a (or the) rug

cut one's teeth

cut a tooth

cut to the chase

cut up rough

cut up well

cut your coat according to your cloth

have one's work cut out

make the cut

miss the cut

Phrasal verbs

cut in

cut someone in

cut into

cut someone off

cut something off

cut out

cut someone out

cut up

cut someone up

Origin

Middle English (probably existing, although not recorded, in Old English); probably of Germanic origin and related to Norwegian kutte and Icelandic kuta 'cut with a small knife', kuti 'small blunt knife'.

  • There is evidence for the verb cut from the end of the 13th century. It may well have existed before that in Old English, but there are no written examples to prove it. You say something is cut and dried when it is completely settled or decided. There used to be a distinction between the cut and dried herbs sold in herbalists' shops and those that had been freshly gathered. The cut of someone's jib is their appearance or expression. A jib is a triangular sail set forward of the mast on a sailing ship or boat. Its proportions were variable and the characteristic shape of a particular jib helped to identify a ship. Hence the term came to be applied to the impression given by a person's appearance. Something cuts the mustard when it comes up to expectations or meets the required standard. In early 20th-century US slang mustard had the meaning ‘the best of anything’. Cut to the chase, meaning ‘come to the point’, comes from film-making. The idea is of moving straight to the most exciting part.

Rhymes

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