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单词 slash
释义
slash1 verbslash2 noun
slashslash1 /slæʃ/ ●●○ verb Word Origin
WORD ORIGINslash1
Origin:
1500-1600 Probably from Old French eslachier ‘to break’
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
slash
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theyslash
he, she, itslashes
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theyslashed
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave slashed
he, she, ithas slashed
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad slashed
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill slash
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have slashed
Continuous Form
PresentIam slashing
he, she, itis slashing
you, we, theyare slashing
PastI, he, she, itwas slashing
you, we, theywere slashing
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been slashing
he, she, ithas been slashing
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been slashing
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be slashing
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been slashing
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • American car manufacturers have started slashing prices in an effort to stimulate sales.
  • British Airways have slashed fares by over 50%.
  • Come to our Summer Sale, where prices have been slashed by up to 75%.
  • Congress has slashed the budget for programs to help poor families.
  • Final Sale. All prices slashed. Everything must go!
  • Public spending has been slashed over the past two years.
  • She slashed her wrists with a razor blade.
  • Someone had slashed the car's tires.
  • Someone had slashed the tyres on Bayle's car.
  • Sony has slashed the price of its new CD player, the D50.
  • The painting had been slashed with a knife.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • And aerobically fit skaters slash and glide along groomed tracks.
  • As irrational as it sounds, many companies hire new workers and then turn around and slash their payrolls.
  • His plans to slash defence budgets by £6 billion would cost 100,000 more their jobs.
  • Last December, he took a drugs overdose and in September slashed his wrists and groin with a smuggled razor blade.
  • Mr Jackson said Cardow had been injured and later his face had been slashed by friends of the dead man.
  • Rather than betray the others, Stockdale broke a window and slashed his wrists with a jagged shard of glass.
Thesaurus
THESAURUS
to divide something into two or more pieces, especially using a knife or scissors: · Do you want me to cut the cake?· He cut off the lower branches.
to quickly cut something, especially using scissors: · I snipped the label off.· The hairdresser snipped away at her hair.
to make a long narrow cut through something, especially using a knife: · He slit the envelope open with a penknife.· She slit through the plastic covering.
to cut something quickly and violently with a knife, making a long thin cut: · Someone had slashed the tyres on his car.· He tried to slash his wrists.
to cut wood, using a saw (=a tool with a row of sharp points): · Saw the wood to the correct length.
to cut wood, vegetables, or meat into pieces: · Bill was outside chopping up firewood with an axe.· They chopped down the old tree.· finely chopped onion
to cut bread, meat, or vegetables into thin pieces: · I’ll slice the cucumber.· Slice the bread thinly.
to cut vegetables or meat into small square pieces: · First dice the apple into cubes.
to cut cheese or a hard vegetable by rubbing it against a special tool: · Grate the cheese and sprinkle it over the vegetables.
to cut the outside part off something such as a potato or apple: · I peeled the potatoes and put them in a saucepan.
to cut thin pieces from a large piece of meat: · Uncle Ray carved the turkey.
to cut the grass in a garden, park etc: · A gardener was mowing the lawn.
(also clip) to cut a small amount off something, especially to make it look neater: · He was trimming his beard.· Trim the excess fat off the meat.
to reduce prices, numbers, or amounts
to make the price, amount, or size of something less or smaller: · The price was reduced by 50%.· We need to reduce the amount of salt in our diet.
to reduce something, especially by a large amount – used about prices, costs, jobs, or the time needed to do something: · Companies are always looking for ways to cut costs.· The journey time will be cut to under 2 hours.· Staff numbers have been cut by half to about 150.
to reduce the level, limit, or amount of something. Lower sounds rather formal: · The voting age was lowered to 18.· The government decided to lower interest rates by 0.5%.· After twenty minutes, lower the temperature to 150 degrees.
to reduce something such as prices or costs, or reduce the level of something. Bring something down is less formal than lower: · The government wants to bring down the level of inflation.· The company is trying to bring its costs down.
informal to reduce an amount or price by a very large amount – used especially in newspapers and advertisements: · Public spending has been slashed over the past two years.· Prices slashed for one week only!
to reduce the amount of something – used especially about people deciding to spend less, do less, or use less of something: · The education budget has been cut back again.· I need to cut back on my workload.
to reduce the number of people employed in order to reduce costs – used about a company or organization: · The company is planning to downsize its European operations.
to reduce the size or the amount of money that is being spent on something: · The research programme has been scaled down.· The navy is being scaled down.
to make pain or feelings less unpleasant: · The drug is used to relieve pain.· A joke can help to ease the tension.
formal to reduce pain or suffering, or make a problem less serious: · You can buy various medicines to alleviate the symptoms of flu.· The new road was supposed to alleviate the congestion problem.
Longman Language Activatorto reduce the price of something
to make prices, charges etc lower: · There is a lot of pressure on electricity companies to reduce their prices.· The company needs to cut costs drastically if it's going to survive.· Unless they can reduce their prices, they will soon be unable to compete on the American market.reduce something by 10%/£20 etc: · Continental Airlines are to reduce fares by up to 10% in some areas.
informal to reduce the price of something that you are selling: · I expect if you ask him he'll knock a couple of pounds off.· Knock fifty bucks off and I'll buy it.
to be reduced in price -- use this about goods in shops: · Their prices are usually marked down after Christmas.· To celebrate the store's 100th anniversary, all merchandise has been marked down by 20 percent.
to reduce the price of something by a very large amount - used especially in news reports and advertisements: · Sony has slashed the price of its new CD player, the D50.· Final Sale. All prices slashed. Everything must go!slash something by 50%/£50/$100 etc: · British Airways have slashed fares by over 50%.
with scissors, a knife, or a sharp object
to divide something into two or more pieces, using a knife or scissors: · He cut the string and carefully unwrapped the parcel.cut something in two/cut something in half: · Mandy cut the paper in half and gave a piece to each child.cut something up/cut up something (=into several pieces): · Tommy sat on the floor, cutting up old magazines.cut something open/cut open something: · Rescue workers had to use special equipment to cut open the steel doors.
to cut something with scissors using quick small cuts: · She snipped the thread which held the two pieces of cloth together .
to make a long narrow cut through something, especially skin or cloth: · He killed the goat by slitting its throat.slit something open/slit open something: · Diane slit the envelope open with a knife.slit your wrists: · Graham slit his wrists in a suicide attempt.
to cut something quickly and violently with a knife, because you want to damage it or cause an injury : · The painting had been slashed with a knife.· Someone had slashed the tyres on Bayle's car.slash your wrists: · She slashed her wrists with a razor blade.
to push a knife into someone's body in order to kill or seriously injure them: · Betty Carroll was stabbed 61 times and left to die on the floor of her Escondido home.stab somebody in the heart/arm etc: · Luca stabbed her in the thigh with a breadknife.stab somebody to death (=kill someone by attacking them a knife): · Kitty Davison was found stabbed to death one night in 1997.
to cut something very roughly or violently: hack at something: · He picked up an axe and began hacking at the door.hack somebody to death: · All of the victims had been hacked to death.hack somebody/something to pieces: · The two women were hacked to pieces by their attackers.
to reduce the number, amount, price, or size of something
to make something less in amount or level: · I was hoping they would reduce the price a little.greatly/significantly/dramatically reduce: · You can greatly reduce your heating bills by using low-energy heaters.dramatically/drastically reduce: · Their income has been drastically reduced.reduce something by half/10%/2 years etc: · The new road will reduce traffic through the town by 30%.· Benefits will be reduced by $50 for each child who fails to attend school.
to reduce an amount, limit, or level - use this especially in writing about business or technical subjects: · After 20 minutes, lower the temperature to 200 degrees.· The Bundesbank is under pressure to lower interest rates.
to reduce something by a lot, especially prices, time, or money: · The new system is aimed at cutting the average waiting time.cut something by half/several weeks/ten per cent etc: · Because of the recession, salaries in the advertising industry have been cut by a half.· The mortgage insurance agency has cut costs by $2000 over the last 3 years, making it easier for people to buy homes.cut something from/to something: · His annual leave has been cut from six weeks to just three.
to reduce the level of sound, heat, light etc, especially by turning a control: turn something down: · Could you turn the lights down - it's too bright in here.turn down something: · The weather wasn't as cold, so we decided to turn down the central heating.turn something down slightly/a little/a bit: · Would you mind turning the volume down a little?
to reduce something, especially by a fairly small amount or number: · Various methods are being explored in order to decrease the volume of traffic on our roads.· Better health education should help to decrease the incidence of heart disease.· Use of the new nets has significantly decreased the number of dolphins killed accidentally each year.
informal to reduce prices by a very large amount - used especially in advertisements and newspapers: · American car manufacturers have started slashing prices in an effort to stimulate sales.· Public spending has been slashed over the past two years.slash something by 10%/half/75% etc: · Come to our Summer Sale, where prices have been slashed by up to 75%.
informal to reduce the price of something by a large amount, especially in order to make it easier to sell: knock down something: · Shops are knocking down prices in an effort to increase sales.knock something down: · In the end he knocked the price down to £70.
to reduce something by half: · The overseas aid budget has been almost halved, from $18m to just over $10m.
American to reduce prices: roll back something: · Most of the big downtown stores have rolled back their prices to dispose of winter stock.roll something back: · Rather than roll prices back, the company negotiated pay increases that ranged between 10 and 15 percent.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=reduce it by a very large amount)· Many carpet stores have slashed prices to bring in customers.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
· His plans to slash defence budgets by £6 billion would cost 100,000 more their jobs.· A month later he ordered another $ 1. 4 billion slashed from the military budget.· The government will also slash the budgets of state enterprises by a tenth.
· The company has slashed the dividend, which is being paid out of reserves.· The company has slashed prices to fend off competitors and pump up slackening demand.· After announcing this decision the company slashed prices to sell stock.· He sees companies such as Compaq slashing inventories and accepting lower profit margins to narrow the cost gap with direct sellers.· In February, the company slashed 1, 000 jobs in an effort to cut $ 80 million in costs.
· She was there when John was slashed across the face with a butcher's knife.
· International investors continued to switch their money out of sterling because they expect the Government to slash interest rates.· The government will also slash the budgets of state enterprises by a tenth.
· Marconi wants to slash 4,000 more jobs, on top of the 4,000 through voluntary redundancy since April.· Boeing plans to slash 12, 000 jobs.· Just before Christmas, the company said it would immediately slash 6, 000 jobs.· In February, the company slashed 1, 000 jobs in an effort to cut $ 80 million in costs.· Tchuruk said the company would have to realign operations in all its units, slashing several hundred jobs.· The strikes began Dec. 26 to protest the sudden passage of a law slashing job security.
· But they still look for quality and are put off stores that repeatedly slash prices.· Mitsubishi also seeks to cut production by 20 percent and pressure suppliers to slash prices by 15 percent by 2003.· Last year Kraft was forced to slash prices when it began losing sales to own-label cheeses that were 45% cheaper.· The company has slashed prices to fend off competitors and pump up slackening demand.· As it slashed Marlboro's price, Wall Street wailed.· To woo customers, carpet stores have slashed prices, which cut into the bottom line of carpet manufacturers.· After announcing this decision the company slashed prices to sell stock.· Even tiny firms of six men in dingy offices with low overheads were able to compete by slashing prices to the bone.
· International investors continued to switch their money out of sterling because they expect the Government to slash interest rates.· Two funds were frozen by the government; others declared bankruptcy or slashed their interest rates and stopped paying back principal.· The 42-year-old millionaire would slash interest rates to three percent and set up a board of go-ahead businessmen to help industry.· The Federal Reserve knows its history too and is doing just that, slashing interest rates.· Dealers now hope the Chancellor will slash interest rates again in next week's autumn statement.
· Recession is the culprit: it has slashed tax receipts and driven up the cost of unemployment benefits.· Proposition 13 in 1978 slashed the property tax and reordered state and local government finance.· Christie Todd Whitman had kept her campaign pledge to slash taxes.
· He had been a young man, quite personable until some one slashed his throat.
· Her threshold for anger and frustration was low and she had once slashed her wrist.· Rather than betray the others, Stockdale broke a window and slashed his wrists with a jagged shard of glass.· She had made determined attempts at suicide by slashing her wrists several times.· On Dec. 30, he attacked Heidi with a broken wine bottle, slashing her right wrist.· Last December, he took a drugs overdose and in September slashed his wrists and groin with a smuggled razor blade.· Mr Jamshidi has recently left hospital after slashing his wrists in his own suicide attempt.· On other occasions he had taken a drugs overdose and slashed his wrists.· In September he tried to kill himself by slashing his wrists.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • Four other suicide attempts, including slashing her wrists with a razor blade, were also detailed.
  • In September he tried to kill himself by slashing his wrists.
  • Last autumn he came within a few minutes of death when he slashed his wrists with a razor blade.
  • Last December, he took a drugs overdose and in September slashed his wrists and groin with a smuggled razor blade.
  • Mr Jamshidi has recently left hospital after slashing his wrists in his own suicide attempt.
  • On other occasions he had taken a drugs overdose and slashed his wrists.
  • Rather than betray the others, Stockdale broke a window and slashed his wrists with a jagged shard of glass.
  • She had made determined attempts at suicide by slashing her wrists several times.
1[intransitive, transitive always + adverb/preposition] to cut or try to cut something violently with a knife, sword etc:  Someone had slashed the tires.slash at/through The leopard’s claws slashed through the soft flesh.► see thesaurus at cut2[transitive] to greatly reduce an amount, price etc – used especially in newspapers and advertising SYN  cut:  The workforce has been slashed by 50%.► see thesaurus at reduce3slash your wrists to cut the veins in your wrists with the intention of killing yourself
slash1 verbslash2 noun
slashslash2 ●●○ noun [countable] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Down the front of it there was a long slash.
  • Every instinct tells us to run for cover: to withhold information, slash jobs and cut investment.
  • Many of these cards were marked with a slash to show the killings had been carried out.
  • There was a vertical slash in the canvas.
Thesaurus
THESAURUSother marks used in writing
British English a pair of signs <> used for enclosing information
a line / that is used to separate words, numbers, or letters
a line that is used to separate words, numbers, or letters
the sign * that is used especially to mark something interesting or important
the sign @ that is used especially in email addresses
the sign & that means ‘and’
WORD SETS
A, nounABC, nounalpha, nounalphabet, nounalphabetical, adjectiveampersand, nounapostrophe, nounasterisk, nounB, nounbeta, nounblock capitals, nounblock letters, nounbrace, nounbracket, nounbracket, verbC, nouncapital, nouncapital, adjectivecapitalize, verbcaps, cedilla, nouncircumflex, nounclause, nouncolon, nouncomma, nounconsonant, nounCyrillic, adjectiveD, noundash, noundelta, noundiacritic, nounditto, nounE, nounexclamation mark, nounF, nounG, noungamma, nounGothic, adjectivegrave, adjectiveH, nounhyphen, nounI, nounIPA, nounJ, nounK, nounL, nounletter, nounlower case, nounM, nounN, nounNHS, the, O, nounoblique, nounomega, nounP, nounparenthesis, nounperiod, nounpunctuate, verbpunctuation, nounpunctuation mark, nounQ, nounquestion mark, nounquestion tag, nounquotation mark, nounR, nounrune, nounS, nounschwa, nounscript, nounsemicolon, nounslash, nounsmall, adjectivespeech marks, nounsquare bracket, nounstar, nounstenography, nounstress mark, nounT, nountilde, nounU, nounumlaut, nounupper case, nounV, nounvowel, nounW, nounX, nounY, nounZ, nounzed, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=reduce it by a very large amount)· Many carpet stores have slashed prices to bring in customers.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • A bill that would have slashed child support payments for most divorced fathers failed in the state Assembly.
  • A swarthy fellow with ringlets was taking a slash at her with a heavy cutlass.
  • And some London pubs have slashed their prices from £1.70 a pint to less than a pound.
  • Last year, Hayworth supported welfare-reform legislation that would have slashed federal spending by $ 66 billion over five years.
  • The telecommunications giant joined a growing number of employers in growth industries that have slashed payrolls even as their profits soared.
  • To woo customers, carpet stores have slashed prices, which cut into the bottom line of carpet manufacturers.
  • We have slashed soot and dust emissions by nearly 90 percent.
  • You have slashed costs and created an extensive new marketing campaign.
1a quick movement that you make with a knife, sword etc in order to cut someone or something2 (also slash mark) a line (/) used in writing to separate words, numbers, or letters3a long narrow cut in something → gash:  Cut several slashes across the top of the loaf before baking.4have/take a slash British English spoken not polite to urinate
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