cut/kʌt/ (cut, cut; cutting)

vt

1. (用利器)划破；割伤

• Be careful not to cut your fingers with that knife-it's very sharp. 小心别割了手，那小刀很快。

• He cut himself when he was shaving. 他刮胡子时刮破了脸。

2. 切开，剪下；砍伐；修剪；(收)割

• cut the cake into small pieces 将蛋糕切成许多小块

• cut the picture out of the newspaper 从报纸上剪下图片

• cut some branches from the tree 从树上砍下一些树枝

• I must have my hair cut. 我得去理发。

• cut the corn 收割谷物

3. 凿出；剪出

• They cut (their way) through the forest with their axes. 他们用斧子在森林里开出一条路。

• She cut a bird out of a piece of paper. 她用一张纸剪成一只鸟。

4. 雕刻；刻(文字等)；切割(宝石等)

• He cut his name with a knife in the wall. 他用小刀在墙上刻下了自己的名字。

• cut a statue 刻雕像

• cut a diamond 雕琢宝石

5. 削减(费用等)；缩短(时间)

• cut the price 削价

• The company has cut the workforce by half. 公司裁员一半。

6. 剪辑(电影)；删减

• cut the scenes showing violence from the film 删减影片中的暴力镜头

• Cut your report to six pages, please. 请将你的报告删减为6页。

7. 停止(电、水等)；中断

• The supply of electricity was cut because of the thunderstorm. 电力供应因雷雨中断了。

• cut an engine 关上引擎

8. (风)刺(骨)

• The cold wind cut him to the bone. 寒风刺骨。

9. 伤害(某人的)感情

• His vicious remarks cut me. 他恶意的话语刺伤了我。

10. 与…交叉，相交；穿过

• The line cuts the circle at two points. 一直线穿圆而过，与圆相交于两点。

11. 出(牙)

• The baby is cutting her first teeth. 这个宝宝刚开始出牙。

12. 灌制(唱片)；录制(磁带)

• cut a new record 灌制新唱片

13. 旷课；逃学

• cut a class 逃课

14. 稀释(酒等)

15. 【体】 削(球)

16. 不理(某人)，装作不认识(某人)

• They had a quarrel and she cuts him whenever they meet. 他们吵过架，因而每次相遇时，她都装作不认识他。

17. 签(牌)；任意抽(一张牌)

• cut a pack of cards 签一副牌

vi

1. (利器)能切(或剪、刻)；(东西)能切下

• The knife won't cut. 这把刀很钝。

• The cheese doesn't cut easily.It's too soft. 这乳酪不容易切，太软了。

2. 穿过；抄近道

• The road cuts through the forest. 这条路穿过森林。

3. (风)刺穿

• The bitter wind cut through my thin coat. 寒风吹透了我薄薄的外套。

4. 急忙离开

• cut to the back streets 急忙拐入小巷

5. 抽牌(从一副纸牌中拿走一部分，翻过来以决定由谁先发牌)

• let's cut for dealer. 咱们切牌决定谁先发牌吧!

词组cut across

1. 横越，抄近路穿过

• They cut across the field in order to save time 。为了节省时间他们抄近路穿越田野。

2. 超越…的界限；无视

• The new political issue cut across party lines. 这个新的政治问题超越了政党界限。

3. 打断(谈话等)；遮挡(视线等)

• He cut across our talk. 他打断了我们的谈话。

• The mountain cuts across our view. 这座山挡住了我们的视线。

4. 与…相对立；分歧

• Her remark cut across what she had said before. 她的话与她以前所说的相抵触。

cut away 切除；剪掉；砍掉

• You have to cut away the dead branches from that tree. 你得砍掉那棵树的枯枝。

cut back

1. 修剪(植物)

• The gardener is cutting back the shoots of a tree. 那个园丁正在为一棵树修剪嫩枝。

2. 减少；削减

• cut back further on production 进一步缩减生产

3. (小说等)倒叙

• The novel cut back to the hero's childhood. 小说回叙到主人公的童年时代。

cut down

1. 砍倒

• cut down a tree 砍倒一棵树

2. 削减，减少

• cut down the cost 降低成本

• cut down on smoking 少抽烟

3. (疾病等)夺去…的生命

• He was cut down by cancer at an early age. 他年轻时便死于癌症。

4. 改短(衣服)

• cut down a pair of trousers 把一条裤子改短

5. 删剪(文章)

6. 说服(卖主)降价

• He managed to cut the shopkeeper down to $50 for the coat. 他设法说服店主降价，以50美元的价格把那件衣服卖了。

7. 超过，胜过；使逊色

• She cuts down the finest singer. 她胜过最棒的歌唱家。

cut down the size 见size cut in

1. 插话，打断

• Don't cut in on their conversation. 别打断他们的谈话。

2. 插队；插入；(汽车)抢道

• The driver nearly caused an accident by cutting in. 那个司机超车抢道差一点出车祸。

cut into

1. 切入；割入

• The belt has been cutting into my flesh. 腰带一直在勒着我。

2. 打断(谈话或电话通话)；占用

• The meeting will cut into my weekend. 这个会议将占去我周末的时间。

3. 减少，缩减

• cut into the expenses 缩减开支

cut off

1. 砍掉；切掉；剪掉

• cut off a branch from the tree 从树上砍下一根树枝

2. 中断，切断；停止

• They were cut off in the middle of their telephone conversation. 他们电话打到一半就断线了。

3. 截断，阻断

• They were cut off by the river. 河水挡住了他们的去路。

4. 被(疾病)夺取生命

5. 使隔绝，使分离

• She felt cut off from her friends when she moved. 她搬家以后，觉得和朋友隔绝了来往。

• The village was cut off by the heavy snow for two weeks. 村庄被大雪封住达两个星期。

cut short

1. 剪短；缩短

• cut the hair short 把头发剪短

• cut the meeting short 把会议时间缩短

2. 中断

• Rain cut short the garden party . 游园会因下雨而中断。

cut up

1. 切碎；剪碎

• cut up vegetables into small pieces 把蔬菜切碎

2. 非正式 使难过，使悲痛

• She was really cut up when all her friends refused to help her. 当所有的朋友都拒绝援助她时，她很难过。

3. 非正式 摧毁；毁坏；使受伤

• Their house was badly cut up in the earthquake. 他们的房子在地震中遭到了严重毁坏。