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词汇 cut
释义 cut
verb
uk /kʌt/ us /kʌt/present participlecutting | past tense and past participlecut

cutverb (USE KNIFE)


A2[ I or T ]
to break the surface of something, or to divide or make something smaller, using a sharp tool, especially a knife: (尤指用刀)切,割,砍,剪,削,剁
to cut a slice of bread切一片面包
cut something on somethingI cut myself on that glass.
cut something with somethingShe cut her hand with a knife and had to have stitches.
cut something upCut the meat up into small pieces.把肉切成小片。
This knife doesn't cut very well.这把刀不好切,不够锋利。
have your hair cutWhere did you have your hair cut?你在哪儿理的发?
cut someone freeFirefighters had to cut the trapped driver free (= cut the metal to allow the driver to get out of the car) using special equipment.
cut your head open He fell off the swing and cut his head open (= got a deep cut in his head).他从秋千上摔下来,头上割了道口子。
cut something into somethingHe cut the cake into six (pieces) and gave each child a slice.
cut something in somethingWhen the ham is baked, cut it in slices.
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to cut something
cutOuch, I've cut my finger!
chopHe was chopping vegetables to make a stew.
sliceSlice the mushrooms and fry them in butter.
snipShe snipped the corner off the soup packet.
slitHe slit open the envelope with a knife.
carveHe carved her name on a tree.
I cut my finger chopping onions last night.我昨晚切洋葱时割破了手指。
Don't just hack away at the bread - cut it properly!
Could you cut me a small piece of cheese, please?
He cut the cake into six pieces.他把蛋糕切成了6块。
The razor slipped while he was shaving and he cut himself.他刮胡子时剃须刀一滑,把自己划伤了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Cutting and stabbing
abrasion
bayonet
butcher
carve
carving
chisel
chop
hew
impale
impalement
impaler
incise
scissor
score something out/through
shave
shave something off/from something
shear
shearing
sheep shearing
stab

cutverb (REDUCE)


B2[ T ]
to make something shorter, lower, smaller, etc.: 减少;缩短;降低;削减
to cut prices/costs降低价格/成本
to cut overtime/wages缩短加班时间/降低工资
We need to cut our advertising costs.我们需要削减广告支出。
Computerization should enable us to cut production costs by half.实现计算机化可以使我们的生产成本减半。
Our expectations are that the UK will cut its interest rate.我们预计英国会降低利率。
The government announced today that it is to cut funding for the arts for next year.今天政府宣布明年要削减对艺术的资助。
The supermarket chain announced that it was cutting prices on all its fresh and frozen meat.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Becoming and making smaller or less
abridgment
attenuate
attenuated
attenuating
attenuation
compress
contraction
deflation
dwindle
dwindling
ease
ease someone's mindidiom
ease up/off
halve
recede
reduce
reducible
reduction
resize
trough

cutverb (REMOVE)


B2[ T ]
to remove something from something else: 剪辑;删节;删除
be cut out ofThe sex scenes had been cut out of the TV version of the film.该影片电视剧版中的性爱镜头都给剪掉了。
 cut and paste
to move words or pictures from one place to another in a computer or internet document, app, post, etc.: (计算机文件中文字或图片的)剪贴
It seems like the error is due to some sloppy cutting and pasting.
 cut someone out of your will
to decide not to leave someone any of your money or possessions when you die: 剥夺…的继承权
It seems incredible that he would cut his own children out of his will.
Any scenes of violence had been cut.
We will have to cut the bits about the president's wife.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Removing and getting rid of things
abandonment
banish
be scattered to the four windsidiom
bin
cast someone/something aside/away/off
dumping
eradication
eradication of something
erase
erasure
evacuate
evacuate someone from something
scrape
shed
shedding
shoo
shrug
shrug something off
sling
turf

cutverb (MISS)


[ T ]mainly USinformal
to not go, especially to a place where you should be: 缺席,未去
cut class Your son has been cutting classes.你儿子一直在逃学。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Avoiding action
abrogate
abrogation
avoid
avoid something like the plagueidiom
avoidance
elude
end-run
eschew
evade
evader
evasion
fiddle
insure
run for the hillsidiom
shirk
short circuit
shrink from something
shy away from something
steer
welch

cutverb (STOP)


[ I or T ]
to stop or interrupt something: 停止;中断;切断;打断
to cut an engine/a motor关上引擎/马达
"Cut! (= stop filming!)" shouted the director.“停!”导演喊道。
 cut someone short
to stop someone from talking before they have finished what they were saying: 打断…的话
He started to explain, but she cut him short.他开始解释,可是她打断了他的话。
 cut it/that out!informal
used to tell someone to stop talking or stop behaving in an annoying way: 别说了!停下!别闹了!
just cut it/that out!Just cut it out! I've had enough of your time wasting.停下!你那些无聊的东西我受够了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Cancelling and interrupting
adjourn
adjourn to somewhere
arrest
break the cycle
broke
dislocation
diversion
halt
in midstreamidiom
interrupt
kick
rain
scratch
scrub
shut
shut (something) off
suspend
suspended game
suspensive
take a break

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Causing something to end

cutverb (GROW TEETH)


 cut a tooth
(of a baby) to grow a new tooth: (婴儿)出牙
The baby's cutting a tooth. That's why she's crying.这个婴儿正在长牙,难怪她哭个没完。

cutverb (TAKE SHORT WAY)


[ Iusually+ adv/prep ]
to go through or across a place, especially in order to get somewhere quickly: 走近路,抄近道
cut throughto cut through a passage抄近道穿过走廊
 cut a cornerUK(also UScut the corner)
to fail to keep to your own side of the road when going round a corner: 转弯时进入逆行道
Is it possible to fail a driving test by cutting a corner?
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Crossing and moving through
bash through (something)
break
break through something
criss-cross
cross
cross from something into something
cross over
ford
non-intersecting
penetrable
penetration
penetrative
percolate
rip
rip through something
scissor
span
straddle
transit
uncrossed

cutverb (CHANGE DIRECTION)


[ I ]
to change direction quickly while in motion and head towards a different place:
The player cut back to the inside and picked up a few extra yards for the first down.
cut in front ofI had to slam on my brakes when another car cut in front of me from two lanes away.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Changing direction
about-face
about-turn
bear
branch
branch off
break
decoy
divert someone/something to somewhere
do an about-face
do an about-turn
excursive
excursively
ping-pong
regear
reverse
slew
someone's back is turnedidiom
swerve
turn around
wheel

cutverb (CARDS)


[ I or T ]
to choose a playing card by dividing a pile of cards into two parts: (为选牌而)切(牌)
Who's going to cut the cards?谁来切牌?
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Card games
all in
bidding
blackjack
bridge
busted flush
canasta
card sharp
deal
deuce
diamond
pool
queen
re-raise
rebid
recut
rookie card
solitaire
spade
stick
straight

cutverb (RECORD)


[ T ]
to record music or speech on a record: 灌制(唱片);录制(讲话)
When did the Stones cut their first record?滚石乐队的首张唱片是何时录制的?
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Recording sounds and images
analogue
audiovisual
balance
binaural
binaurally
deepfake
digitally
fast-forward
low-resolution
misrecord
mix
monophonically
play something back
postproduction
prerecord
production
remaster
rewind
sample
videotape

Idioms


can't cut it
cut your coat according to your cloth
cut corners
cut someone dead
cut down the angle
cut someone down to size
cut a fine figure
be cut from the same cloth
cut it/things fine
cut loose
More idioms

cut your losses
cut no ice with someone
cut off your nose to spite your face
cut a rug
cut someone some slack
cut a swathe through something
cut your political, professional, etc. teeth
cut the crap!
cut the ground from under someone's feet
cut to the chase
cut (someone) to the quick
be cut up
cut up rough
cut both/two ways
not be cut out for something
you could cut the atmosphere with a knife

Phrasal verbs


cut about
cut across something
cut back
cut something back
cut down
cut something down
cut in
cut someone in
cut into something
cut something off
More phrasal verbs

cut someone off
cut someone/something off
cut something out
cut someone out
cut out
cut through something
cut something up
cut someone up
cut up
cut
noun
uk /kʌt/ us /kʌt/

cutnoun (INJURY)


B1[ C ]
an injury made when the skin is cut with something sharp: 伤口;切口;割痕
a deep cut一道深深的伤痕
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

damage to the body
injuryHe was treated for minor injuries.
woundMost of the casualties had gunshot wounds.
cutHe walked away from the car crash with only cuts and bruises.
gashHe was bleeding profusely from a deep gash in his leg.
scratchShe had little scratches all over her arms.
lacerationA doctor's report said the laceration had cut the jugular vein.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Cutting and stabbing
abrasion
bayonet
butcher
carve
carving
chisel
chop
hew
impale
impalement
impaler
incise
scissor
score something out/through
shave
shave something off/from something
shear
shearing
sheep shearing
stab

cutnoun (MEAT)


[ C ]
a piece of meat cut from a particular part of an animal: 切下的一块肉
cut ofSirloin is the most expensive cut of beef.牛腰肉是牛肉中最贵的。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Cutting and stabbing
abrasion
bayonet
butcher
carve
carving
chisel
chop
hew
impale
impalement
impaler
incise
scissor
score something out/through
shave
shave something off/from something
shear
shearing
sheep shearing
stab

cutnoun (STYLE)


[ S ]
the shape into which something is cut: 剪裁;样式;款式
the cut ofI don't like the cut of these jeans.我不喜欢这条牛仔裤的款式。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Cutting and stabbing
abrasion
bayonet
butcher
carve
carving
chisel
chop
hew
impale
impalement
impaler
incise
scissor
score something out/through
shave
shave something off/from something
shear
shearing
sheep shearing
stab

cutnoun (SHARE)


[ S ]informal
a share of something, usually money: 份额(通常指钱)
When am I going to get my cut?我什么时候能拿到我那份钱?
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Cutting and stabbing
abrasion
bayonet
butcher
carve
carving
chisel
chop
hew
impale
impalement
impaler
incise
scissor
score something out/through
shave
shave something off/from something
shear
shearing
sheep shearing
stab

cutnoun (REDUCTION)


C1[ C ]
a reduction in the number, amount, or rate of something: 削减;减少;缩减;降低
cut ina cut in expenditure/interest rates/hospital waiting lists花销的削减/利率的降低/医院候诊名单的缩短
 cuts[ plural ]
reductions in public spending: 公共开支削减
Students and workers were out on the streets protesting against the cuts.学生和工人们上街游行抗议削减公共开支。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Becoming and making smaller or less
abridgment
attenuate
attenuated
attenuating
attenuation
compress
contraction
deflation
dwindle
dwindling
ease
ease someone's mindidiom
ease up/off
halve
recede
reduce
reducible
reduction
resize
trough

cutnoun (PART REMOVED)


[ C ]
the act of removing a part from a book, film, etc., or a part that is removed: 删剪;删节(部分)
make a cutThe film contains some very violent scenes, so some cuts were made when it was shown on TV.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Removing and getting rid of things
abandonment
banish
be scattered to the four windsidiom
bin
cast someone/something aside/away/off
dumping
eradication
eradication of something
erase
erasure
evacuate
evacuate someone from something
scrape
shed
shedding
shoo
shrug
shrug something off
sling
turf

cutnoun (PASSAGE)


US(UKcutting)
a deep, narrow passage made through a hill for a road, railway, or canal(从山中开凿出的)通道铁路,河床
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Ditches, dams & tunnels
cutting
dam
dam something up
dike
ditch
dyke
groin
groyne
ha ha
inspection chamber
spillway
subway
the Channel Tunnel
the Chunnel
trench
tunnel
tunneller
underpass

cutnoun (IN CRICKET)


in cricket, an attacking shot hit through an area level with or just behind or just in front of the batter(= the player who tries to hit the ball), on the right-hand side for a right-handed batter:
He's a back-foot player and scores most of his runs from cuts and pulls.
She couldn't keep the cut down and was caught at point.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Cricket
12th man
all out
all-rounder
arm ball
asking rate
batting
declaration
eleven
hook
infield
jaffa
king pair
late cut
leg break
stonewall
strike rate
sundries
switch-hit
tail
tailender

cutnoun (IN SPORT)


USinformal
in sports such as golf and baseball, an act of trying to hit a ball with a stick:
She took a good cut at it with a five wood.
He was taking some powerful cuts during batting practice.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Baseball & rounders
1-2-3 inning
ahead
alley
around the hornidiom
at bat
bomb
curve
heater
hit the ball out of the parkidiom
hitting coach
home plate
home stand
horsehide
sac
solo
spitter
split-fingered fastball
splitter
squeeze play
stretch

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Golf

Idioms


a cut above someone/something
cut and thrust

cut | American Dictionary


cut
verb
us/kʌt/present participlecutting | past tense and past participlecut

cutverb (DIVIDE)


[ I/T ]
to use a sharp tool such as a knife to break the surface of something, divide something, or make something smaller:
[ T ]Cut the apple in half.
[ T ]She wanted to have her hair cut (= made shorter).
[ M ]We had to cut two trees down (= remove them) to make room for the swimming pool.
[ M ]The children cut the pictures out (= removed them by cutting) and stuck them in their scrapbooks.
[ I/T ]
A person who is cut is injured by something sharp that breaks the skin and causes bleeding:
[ T ]I stepped on a piece of glass and cut my foot.

cutverb (REDUCE)


[ T ]
to make less in size, amount, length, etc.:
We’ve got to cut costs.
The original movie was almost four hours long, but it was later cut to two hours.

cutverb (MISS)


[ T ]
to stay away from a class, talk, performance, etc., that you have a duty to go to:
He was cutting classes and getting failing grades.

cutverb (STOP)


[ I/T ]
to stop or interrupt something, or to stop working suddenly or cause this to happen:
[ Ialways+ adv/prep ]Since his illness he’s cut out eating sweets altogether.
[ T ]Because of failing grades, he was cut (= released) from the team.
[ I ]“Cut! (= Stop filming!)” shouted the director.

cutverb (GROW TEETH)


[ T ]
to grow a new tooth:
The baby was cranky last night because she’s cutting a tooth.

cutverb (CROSS)


[ Ialways+ adv/prep ]
to go through or across a place, esp. in order to get somewhere quickly:
To get to school I cut through the field.

cutverb (CARDS)


[ I/T ]
to divide a pile of cards into two parts:
[ I/T ]Who’s going to cut (the cards)?

cutverb (RECORD)


[ T ]
to make a recording of music or speech on a record:
When did Elvis cut his first record?

Idioms


cut both ways
cut corners
Cut it out!
cut off your nose to spite your face
cut someone some slack
not cut it

Phrasal verbs


cut across something
cut back (something)
cut down (something)
cut in
cut someone in
cut off something/someone
cut off someone/something
cut someone out
cut out for something
cut something short
More phrasal verbs

cut through something
cut
noun[ C ]
us/kʌt/

cutnoun[C] (REDUCTION)


a reduction in the size, amount, length, etc., of something:
Many workers had to take a cut in pay.
For the TV version, they made several cuts in the movie.

cutnoun[C] (SOMETHING DIVIDED)


something made by cutting:
She went to the butcher’s to get a good cut of meat.
A cut is an injury to the skin made by a sharp object:
She had a nasty cut on her hand.
A cut is also the particular way clothing looks:
the cut of a suit
infml A cut is also a share:
I was part-owner of the business, and when my sister sold it, I said I wanted my cut.
cut
adjective[ not gradable ]
us/kʌt/

cutadjective[not gradable] (DIVIDED)


(of flowers) removed from their roots by being cut through their stems so they can be used for decoration:
These cut flowers will last three days in fresh water.

cut | Business English


cut
verb[ T ]
uk /kʌt/uscutting | cut | cut
to make something lower, smaller, shorter, etc.:
cut sth (from sth) (to sth)We have cut our wage bill from £12,000 to £8,000 per week.
cut sth (from sth)We need to cut 50% from our advertising budget.
cut sth (by sth)The manufacturing group aims to cut its carbon emissions by 20% over the next five years.
cut jobs/staff/the workforceSchmitz Chemicals plans to cut 20,000 jobs worldwide.
cut borrowing/costs/spending
cut output/production
See also
price-cutting
to remove something from a document, especially from a document on a computer screen:
The report is too long – I need to cut 500 words.
I'll cut and paste some photos from our online catalogue into my presentation.
 cut a deal
to reach an agreement:
The carmaker has cut a deal with unions to limit pay rises.
 cut both/two ways
to work in two ways, or to have two opposite effects:
Setting prices high cuts both ways – it could lose some customers, but it also suggests high-quality.
 cut corners
to do something in a way that saves time or money, but that reduces quality:
If a restaurant cuts corners on ingredients, it will lose customers.
 cut itinformal
to successfully do what you are asked to do:
Some people work well under pressure; others can't cut it.
For heavy office use, this printer just doesn't cut it.
 cut it/things fineinformal
to leave very little, or not enough, time to do something:
It's two o'clock now, so you're cutting it fine if you need to be at the airport by three.
 cut your losses
to avoid losing any more money than you have already lost:
The manufacturer has decided to cut its losses and sell its unprofitable divisions.

Phrasal verbs


cut back
cut down
cut into sth
cut sb off
cut
noun[ C ]
uk /kʌt/us
a reduction in the amount or level of something:
a 0.25% cut in interest rates
The supermarket is expected to make drastic job cuts to its 9,000-strong workforce.
big/deep/swingeing, etc. cutsThere will need to be big cuts in public spending.
price/spending/tax, etc. cuts
job/pay/wage, etc. cuts
make/propose/threaten, etc. cutsThe industry regulator announced that it is proposing price cuts of at least 7%.
informal
a share in an amount of money:
If you make a profit on the deal, I'll expect a cut.

Examples of cut


cut
In observational research in the general population, however, a continuum approach may be more useful than use of a qualitative cut-off point.
The operations are set up to cut timber from 1,000 hectares of rainforest in an ecologically sustainable manner.
However, there are quite a few pairs of systems for which the families of minimal cut sets cannot be ordered.
The latter is a sequent calculus that needs none of the standard structural rules of weakening, contraction or cut.
However, the succession is cut by a number of small faults so that the section is not continuous.
Those programs have been targeted for funding cuts ever since.
Reducing radiation levels by 70% with a hessian cloth only cut transpiration by individual trees by about 10% compared with unshaded plants.
After 7 days the basal stems were resterilized and freshly cut, and the raceme explants were transferred to fresh medium.
Therefore, a concave body may be virtually cut into several convex subbodies at the stage of creating the geometry model of the body.
Our study did not provide evidence that either type of cutting surface was safer, although the cleaning method could affect disease risk.
To that extent it cuts down what otherwise would be the rights of property.
The left introduction rules plus weakening and cut are used to compute the logical consequences of a given formula.
More obviously, upper-limb impairment may result in problems preparing and cutting food and delivering it to the mouth.
The cane-cutters preferred the twelve-month cane; the 24-month cane was reported to be harder to cut, had lodged and was infested with weeds.
I don't really know whether cutting would be the answer.
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Collocations withcut


cut

These are words often used in combination with cut.

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additional cut
The highest possible level of public pensions will be cut gradually, to 64% of last net earnings, and an additionalcut of the derived widow's pension was made.
budgetary cut
Furthermore, local government restructuring and budgetary cuts from the 1970s introduced restrictions in cemetery maintenance expenditure: staffing levels, not easy to maintain, were cut further.
cut fastball
Less commonly, he throws a curveball in the low 70s and a cut fastball.
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