transitive. To cut, clip, or trim (a person's hair, a tree, etc.); to cut short the hair of (a person). Also occasionally intransitive.
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| 释义 | the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > cut [verb (transitive)] > cut off or away (with an instrument) > reduce by cutting away (8) eaveseOE transitive. To cut, clip, or trim (a person's hair, a tree, etc.); to cut short the hair of (a person). Also occasionally intransitive. clipc1175 transitive. To cut or snip (a part) away, off, out, from. parec1300 transitive. To trim (an object) by cutting off projecting, irregular, or superficial parts; to cut close to the edge so as to make even or neat; to… forcec1440 transitive. To clip or shear (wool, the beard); esp. to clip off the upper and more hairy part of (wool). trim1594 To cut off the excrescences or irregularities of; to reduce to a regular shape by doing this. Also with the part removed as object. In quot. 1879 a… shrip1609 transitive. To shave, shred; to clip, lop, prune, trim. whittle1837 transferred. To wear away or reduce by a process analogous to paring: see quots. whittle1972 transitive. To cut thin slices or shavings from the surface of (a stick, etc.); to dress or pare with a knife; to reduce or sharpen by doing this… |
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