| 单词 | slash |
| 释义 | slash (once / 779 pages) vn WORD FAMILY slash: slashed, slasher, slashes, slashing+/slasher: slashers/slashing: slashingly USAGE EXAMPLESTwitter said in October it would slash 9% of its workforce, or around 350 positions, largely in sales, partnerships and marketing organization. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) The company slashed output by 30 percent in the January-March quarter this year due to accumulated inventory, the Nikkei reported. Reuters(Dec 30, 2016) Each country pledged to help slash greenhouse-gas emissions, with the goal of avoiding the most drastic effects of global warming in the decades ahead. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) 1v cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete Syn|Hyper cut down cut separate with or as if with an instrument 2v beat severely with a whip or rod Syn|Hypo|Hyper flog, lash, lather, strap, trounce, welt, whip flagellate, scourge whip leatherwhip with a leather strap horsewhipwhip with a whip intended for horses switchflog with or as if with a flexible rod cowhideflog with a cowhide catbeat with a cat-o'-nine-tails birchwhip with a birch twig beat, beat up, work over give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression 3v cut open she slashed her wrists Syn|Hyper gash cut separate with or as if with an instrument 4v cut drastically Prices were slashed Hyper bring down, cut, cut back, cut down, reduce, trim, trim back, trim down cut down on; make a reduction in 5v move or stir about violently Syn|Hypo|Hyper convulse, jactitate, thrash, thrash about, thresh, thresh about, toss whip thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash agitate, shake move or cause to move back and forth 6n a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument Syn|Hyper gash cut, cutting the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge 7n a wound made by cutting Syn|Hyper cut, gash, slice lesion, wound an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin) 8n an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind) Hyper dry land, earth, ground, land, solid ground, terra firma the solid part of the earth's surface 9n a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information Syn|Hyper diagonal, separatrix, solidus, stroke, virgule punctuation, punctuation mark the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases |
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