| 单词 | cutoff |
| 释义 | cutoff (kʌtɔf) Word forms: cutoffs 1. countable noun A cutoff or a cutoff point is the level or limit at which you decide that something should stop happening. The cutoff date for registering is yet to be announced. 2. countable noun The cutoff of a supply or service is the complete stopping of the supply or service. A total cutoff of supplies would cripple the country's economy. cutoff in American English (ˈkʌtˌɔf) noun 1. the act of cutting off; esp., the limit or ending set for a process, activity, etc. 2. a road or passage that cuts across, shortening the distance 3. US a. a new and shorter channel cut by a river across a bend, or dug out to straighten it b. the water thus cut off 4. the act of stopping steam, etc. from entering the cylinder of an engine 5. any device for cutting off the flow of a fluid, a connection, etc. 6. US; [pl.] jeans with the legs cut off at or above the knees, or shorts made to look like this adjective 7. of an arbitrary ending or limit cutoff date 8. Baseball having to do with a fielder who is in a position to relay a throw from an outfielder to an infielder in an attempt to put out a base runner Examples of 'cutoff' in a sentence |
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