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The slash ( / )—technically known as a virgule but also called a slant, solidus, or stroke (the common name in British English)—serves a number of purposes in writing, essentially standing in for other words as a quick and clear way of showing the connection between two things. A slash is conventionally used without spaces between it and the words it connects (although it is also common to see spaces used, especially if one or both of the things being joined contain multiple words).Continue reading...

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S0464400 (slăsh)v. slashed, slash·ing, slash·es v.tr.1. a. To cut or form by cutting with forceful sweeping strokes: slash a path through the underbrush.b. To make a gash or gashes in.c. To cut a slit or slits in, especially so as to reveal an underlying color: slash a sleeve.2. Sports To swing a stick at (an opponent) in ice hockey or lacrosse, in violation of the rules.3. To criticize sharply: The reviewers slashed the composer's work.4. Sports To hit or propel (a ball, for instance) forcefully in a straight line.5. To reduce or curtail drastically: slash prices for a clearance sale.v.intr.1. To make forceful sweeping strokes with a sharp instrument.2. To cut one's way with such strokes: We slashed through the dense jungle.3. To make drastic reductions in something: slashing away at the budget.n.1. a. A forceful sweeping stroke that is made with a sharp instrument.b. A long cut or other opening made by such a stroke; a gash or slit.c. A decorative slit in a fabric or garment.2. A diagonal mark ( / ) that is used especially to separate alternatives, as in and/or, to represent the word per, as in miles/hour, to separate component parts of a URL, as in whitehouse.gov/kids/patriotism/, and to indicate the ends of verse lines printed continuously, as in Old King Cole / Was a merry old soul. Also called virgule.3. a. Branches and other residue left on a forest floor after the cutting of timber.b. often slashes Wet or swampy ground overgrown with bushes and trees.4. A genre of fanfic depicting romantic relationships between characters, usually of the same sex, that are not romantically connected in the original work or works upon which the fanfic is based.conj. Informal As well as; and. Used as a representation of the virgule (as in restaurant/art gallery or actor/director), often styled with hyphens in print: a restaurant slash art gallery; an actor-slash-director.

[Perhaps from obsolete French esclachier, to break, variant of esclater, from Old French, from esclat, splinter; see slat.]

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(slæʃ) vb (tr) 1. to cut or lay about (a person or thing) with sharp sweeping strokes, as with a sword, knife, etc2. to lash with a whip3. to make large gashes in: to slash tyres. 4. (Commerce) to reduce (prices, etc) drastically5. chiefly US to criticize harshly6. (Knitting & Sewing) to slit (the outer fabric of a garment) so that the lining material is revealed7. (Botany) to clear (scrub or undergrowth) by cuttingn8. a sharp, sweeping stroke, as with a sword or whip9. a cut or rent made by such a stroke10. (Knitting & Sewing) a decorative slit in a garment revealing the lining material11. (Forestry) a. littered wood chips and broken branches that remain after trees have been cut downb. an area so littered12. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) Also called: diagonal, forward slash, separatrix, shilling mark, solidus, stroke or virgule a short oblique stroke used in text to separate items of information, such as days, months, and years in dates (18/7/80), alternative words (and/or), numerator from denominator in fractions (55/103), etc13. slang Brit the act of urinating (esp in the phrase have a slash)14. (Journalism & Publishing) a genre of erotic fiction written by women, to appeal to women[C14 slaschen, perhaps from Old French esclachier to break]

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v.t. 1. to cut with a violent sweeping stroke or by striking violently and at random, as with a knife or sword. 2. to lash; whip. 3. to cut, reduce, or alter: to slash salaries. 4. to make slits in (a garment) to show an underlying fabric. 5. to criticize or censure savagely. v.i. 6. to lay about one with sharp, sweeping strokes; make one's way by cutting. 7. to make a sweeping, cutting stroke. n. 8. a sweeping stroke, as with a knife, sword, or pen. 9. a cut, wound, or mark made with such a stroke. 10. a curtailment, reduction, or alteration: a slash in prices. 11. a decorative slit in a garment showing an underlying fabric. 12. virgule. 13. (in forest land) a. an open area strewn with debris of trees from felling or from wind or fire. b. the debris itself. [1350–1400; of uncertain orig.]

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n. Often, slashes. a tract of wet or swampy ground overgrown with bushes or trees. [1645–55, Amer.; orig. uncertain]

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- The slash is also called a virgule, diagonal, separatrix, slant, and solidus.See also related terms for slant.

Slash

a large quantity of liquid, as of soup or broth, 1614.

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Past participle: slashed
Gerund: slashing

Imperative
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Present
I slash
you slash
he/she/it slashes
we slash
you slash
they slash

Preterite
I slashed
you slashed
he/she/it slashed
we slashed
you slashed
they slashed

Present Continuous
I am slashing
you are slashing
he/she/it is slashing
we are slashing
you are slashing
they are slashing

Present Perfect
I have slashed
you have slashed
he/she/it has slashed
we have slashed
you have slashed
they have slashed

Past Continuous
I was slashing
you were slashing
he/she/it was slashing
we were slashing
you were slashing
they were slashing

Past Perfect
I had slashed
you had slashed
he/she/it had slashed
we had slashed
you had slashed
they had slashed

Future
I will slash
you will slash
he/she/it will slash
we will slash
you will slash
they will slash

Future Perfect
I will have slashed
you will have slashed
he/she/it will have slashed
we will have slashed
you will have slashed
they will have slashed

Future Continuous
I will be slashing
you will be slashing
he/she/it will be slashing
we will be slashing
you will be slashing
they will be slashing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been slashing
you have been slashing
he/she/it has been slashing
we have been slashing
you have been slashing
they have been slashing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been slashing
you will have been slashing
he/she/it will have been slashing
we will have been slashing
you will have been slashing
they will have been slashing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been slashing
you had been slashing
he/she/it had been slashing
we had been slashing
you had been slashing
they had been slashing

Conditional
I would slash
you would slash
he/she/it would slash
we would slash
you would slash
they would slash

Past Conditional
I would have slashed
you would have slashed
he/she/it would have slashed
we would have slashed
you would have slashed
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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	slash - a wound made by cutting; "he put a bandage over the cut"gash, slice, cutwound, lesion - an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
	2.	slash - an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)dry land, ground, solid ground, terra firma, earth, land - the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground"
	3.	slash - a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of informationseparatrix, virgule, solidus, diagonal, strokepunctuation mark, punctuation - the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases
	4.	slash - a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrumentgashcutting, cut - the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge; "his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels"
Verb	1.	slash - cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machetecut downcut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope"
	2.	slash - beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"flog, lash, lather, trounce, welt, whip, strapbeat up, work over, beat - give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students"flagellate, scourge - whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves"leather - whip with a leather straphorsewhip - whip with a whip intended for horsesswitch - flog with or as if with a flexible rodcowhide - flog with a cowhidecat - beat with a cat-o'-nine-tailsbirch - whip with a birch twig
	3.	slash - cut open; "she slashed her wrists"gashcut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope"
	4.	slash - cut drastically; "Prices were slashed"cut down, reduce, trim back, trim down, cut, cut back, trim, bring down - cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
	5.	slash - move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"thrash about, thresh, thresh about, jactitate, thrash, convulse, tossshake, agitate - move or cause to move back and forth; "The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking"whip - thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash; "The tall grass whipped in the wind"

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verb1. cut, slit, gash, lacerate, score, rend, rip, hack He nearly bled to death after slashing his wrists.2. reduce, cut, decrease, drop, lower, moderate, diminish, cut down, lessen, curtail Everyone agrees that subsidies have to be slashed.3. cut, lose, shed, get rid of They decided to slash jobs, close down plants and downsize.noun1. cut, slit, gash, rent, rip, incision, laceration deep slashes in the meat

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verb1. To penetrate with a sharp edge:cut, gash, incise, pierce, slit.2. To criticize harshly and devastatingly:blister, drub, excoriate, flay, lash, rip into, scarify, scathe, scorch, score, scourge, slap.Informal: roast.Slang: slam.Idioms: burn someone's ears, crawl all over, pin someone's ears back, put someone on the griddle, put someone on the hot seat, rake over the coals, read the riot act to.3. To decrease, as in length or amount, by or as if by severing or excising:chop, clip, crop, cut, cut back, cut down, lop, lower, pare, prune, shear, trim, truncate.noun1. The result of cutting:cut, gash, incision, slice, slit, split.2. An incision, a notch, or a slight cut made with or as if with a knife:score, scotch, scratch.3. The act or process of decreasing:abatement, curtailment, cut, cutback, decrease, decrement, diminishment, diminution, drain, reduction, slowdown, taper.

Translations

切口大幅度减少大幅度削减猛砍砍痕

slash

(slӕʃ) verb1. to make long cuts in (cloth etc). He slashed his victim's face with a razor.长切口2. (with at) to strike out violently at (something). He slashed at the bush angrily with a stick.猛砍3. to reduce greatly. A notice in the shop window read `Prices slashed!' 大幅度削减（减少） noun1. a long cut or slit. （长而窄的）伤口，切口，砍痕 2. a sweeping blow. 猛砍

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A type of fan fiction that explores a sexual and/or romantic relationship between two characters (usually male) that are not romantically involved in the source material. The name comes from the slash (/) that typically separates the two characters' names in the story's title or description. Dean and Castiel are my favorite characters on Supernatural, so yeah, I've read Destiel slash.

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slash-and-burn

1. Relating to an agricultural tactic in which forest or other vegetation cut down to the ground and burned, the land planted and cultivated with crops for a few years, then abandoned to allow the forest grow back. The slash-and-burn practice has become ever more frequent in this region, but with less and less areas being allowed to regrow the forests each year, there are concerns that the damage may become irreparable.2. By extension, extremely and drastically destructive. Several of the country's biggest corporations have had to undergo slash-and-burn dismantlings of many of their offices in efforts to salvage their businesses.

slash at (someone or something)

1. To swing a cutting weapon in a forceful thrusting or sweeping stroke in the direction of someone. I picked up the knife and slashed at the would-be mugger to chase him away.2. To cut something repeatedly with forceful thrusting or sweeping strokes. I kept slashing at the rope with my pocket knife, trying desperately to free my foot from the submerged boat.See also: slash

slash and burn

1. Lit. of a farming technique where vegetation is cut down and burned before crops are planted. (Hyphenated before nominals.) The small farmers' slash-and-burn technique destroyed thousands of acres of forest. 2. Fig. of a crude and brash way of doing something. (Hyphenated before nominals.) The new manager's method was strictly slash and burn. He looks decisive to his boss and merciless to the people he fires.See also: and, burn, slash

slash (out) at someone

to thrust out at someone with a knife or something similar, with the intent of cutting. The attacker slashed out at his victim and then ran away. Max slashed at the cop with a pocketknife.See also: slash

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n. a drink of liquor. Just one slash, and I have to be going.

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verb cut

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verb reduce

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verb cut

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noun cut

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verb to penetrate with a sharp edge

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verb to criticize harshly and devastatingly

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verb to decrease, as in length or amount, by or as if by severing or excising

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noun the result of cutting

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noun an incision, a notch, or a slight cut made with or as if with a knife

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noun the act or process of decreasing

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noun a wound made by cutting

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noun an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)

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noun a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information

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noun a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument

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verb cut with sweeping strokes

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verb beat severely with a whip or rod

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verb cut open

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verb cut drastically

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verb move or stir about violently

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