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单词 cut off
释义 cut off
verb
transitive verb
1. : detach : strike off : sever
 < cut off 20 years of his life >
2. : to cause the death of : end life : bring to an untimely end
 < suddenly cut off by a fever in the plenitude of health, vigor, and aspirations — George Grote >
3. : intercept, stop : stop the passage of
 < cut off supplies from a beleaguered town >
 < cutting off communications between the defenders >
4. : to shut off : bar
 < the fence cut off his view >
 < the river cutting off their retreat >
 < a scandal cutting her off from society >
 < cut off from one another by miles of moorland — L.D.Stamp >
5.
 a. : to end suddenly : break off : terminate abruptly : interrupt and silence
  < cutting off hope of reconciliation >
  < cutting off the prisoner's protests >
 b. : to turn off : stop the operation of
  < cut off the engine >
6. : separate, isolate
 < cut himself off entirely >
 < cut herself off from her family >
7. : disinherit; sometimes : to bequeath to (a person) a ridiculously paltry sum (as to indicate displeasure with the legatee)
 < cut off his scapegrace son with a hundred dollars >
8. : interrupt, stop : turn off : stop the operation of
 < cut off a motor >
 < cut off a radio program >
specifically : to stop or interfere with (someone speaking on a telephone) by breaking the connection
 < he had spoken only a dozen words when the operator cut him off >
9. : to intercept (a baseball thrown from the outfield usually toward home plate)
intransitive verb
: to cease operating
 < a motor may cut off if it is overtaxed >
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