单词 | cut |
释义 | cut (once / 24 pages) 1vnadj 2vnadj 3v 4vnadj 5vn 6vn 7vadjn 8vn 9vn 10vn 11vn 12vadj 13v 14vadj The verb cut means the act of slicing with a knife or another sharp edge, or the tear, hole, or wound it causes. It's surprising how much a paper cut can hurt. When you cut something, you slice into it or remove a part of it, like when you cut your friend's hair or cut a pan of brownies into squares. You can also cut figuratively, like when you're cut by your piano teacher's sharp words or when a freak snowstorm forces you to cut your game short. An unexcused absence is also called a cut. And the phrase "make the cut" means you are chosen for a group or team, while others are not. WORD FAMILYcut: cuts, cuttable, cutter, cutting, uncut, undercut+/cutter: cutters/cutting: cuttingly, cuttings/undercut: undercuts, undercutting USAGE EXAMPLESThe engraver didn’t tutor her directly but after some trial and error, she cut her preliminary lines and circles at his bench. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) Or you decide to cut down on alcohol but you keep drinking. Wall Street Journal(Jan 01, 2017) He cut the use of personal state vehicles in half by creating the state motor pool to share cars among state agencies. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1v separate with or as if with an instrument Cut the rope Hypo|Hyper manicure trim carefully and neatly scissorcut with or as if with scissors plane, shavecut or remove with or as if with a plane slice, slice upcut into slices pinkcut in a zigzag pattern with pinking shears, in sewing jagcut teeth into; make a jagged cutting edge carve, cut upcut to pieces carveform by carving carve, chip atengrave or cut by chipping away at a surface cube, dicecut into cubes juliennecut into long thin strips chop, hackcut with a hacking tool undercutcut obliquely into (a tree) below the main cut and on the side toward which the tree will fall hackcut away chop, chop upcut into pieces cut down, drop, fell, strike downcause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow chip, nickcut a nick into nick, snickcut slightly, with a razor break off, chip, cut off, knapbreak a small piece off from pare, trimremove the edges from and cut down to the desired size circumcisecut the skin over the clitoris chamfer, chase, furrowcut a furrow into a columns indentcut or tear along an irregular line so that the parts can later be matched for authentication mortice, mortisecut a hole for a tenon in cut down, mowcut with a blade or mower shearcut or cut through with shears gash, slashcut open cut down, slashcut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete tapcut a female screw thread with a tap hobcut with a hob bore, drillmake a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool clip, nip, nip off, snip, snip offsever or remove by pinching or snipping dissectcut open or cut apart bisectcut in half or cut in two transectcut across or divide transversely trisectcut in three pare, whittlecut small bits or pare shavings from chattercut unevenly with a chattering tool cut awayremove by cutting off or away tomahawkcut with a tomahawk saber, sabrecut or injure with a saber rebatecut a rebate in (timber or stone) cradlecut grain with a cradle scythe incisemake an incision into by carving or cutting trenchcut or carve deeply into bob, dock, tailremove or shorten the tail of an animal slice, slitmake a clean cut through sawcut with a saw discerp, lop, severcut off from a whole chasecut a groove into bevel, chamfercut a bevel on; shape to a bevel crosscut, cut acrosscut using a diagonal line ripcut (wood) along the grain shavemake shavings of or reduce to shavings filet, filletcut into filets serratemake saw-toothed or jag the edge of hashchop up chop downcut down ax, axechop or split with an ax poleax, poleaxefell with or as if with a poleax log, lumbercut lumber, as in woods and forests chiselcarve with a chisel hew, hew outmake or shape as with an axe dresscut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width notchcut or make a notch into scrape, scratch, scratch upcut the surface of; wear away the surface of scythecut with a scythe engrave, grave, inscribe, scratchcarve, cut, or etch into a material or surface engrave, etchcarve or cut a design or letters into spudinitiate drilling operations, as for petroleum counter-drilldrill in an opposite direction trepancut a hole with a trepan, as in surgery groovemake a groove in, or provide with a groove vivisectcut (a body) open while still alive anatomise, anatomizedissect in order to analyze grave, sculpt, sculptureshape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it undercutcut away the underpart of undercutcut away material from the underside of (an object) so as to leave an overhanging portion in relief rusticategive (stone) a rustic look slitcut a slit into worrylacerate by biting whipsawsaw with a whipsaw mincecut into small pieces miterbevel the edges of, to make a miter joint conemake cone-shaped deaden, girdlecut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients fretcarve a pattern into disunite, divide, part, separate force, take, or pull apart 2v make an incision or separation cut along the dotted line 3v allow incision or separation This bread cuts easily Hyper be have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) 4v shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of cut my hair Hypo|Hyper shave, trim cut closely Frenchcut (e.g, beans) lengthwise in preparation for cooking cropcut short fleece, shearshear the wool from shorten make short or shorter 5v penetrate injuriously The glass from the shattered windshield cut into her forehead Hyper penetrate, perforate pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance 6v form or shape by cutting or incising cut paper dolls Hyper create, make make or cause to be or to become 7v form by probing, penetrating, or digging cut a hole cut trenches The sweat cut little rivulets into her face Hypo|Hyper blast make with or as if with an explosion create, make make or cause to be or to become 8v function as a cutting instrument This knife cuts well Hyper function, go, operate, run, work perform as expected when applied 9v fell by sawing; hew The Vietnamese cut a lot of timber while they occupied Cambodia Hyper cut down, drop, fell, strike down cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow 10n the act of cutting something into parts his cuts were skillful his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess Syn|Hypo|Hyper cutting severance, severing the act of severing dissectioncutting so as to separate into pieces scissionthe act of dividing by cutting or splitting slicingthe act of cutting into slices undercuta cut made underneath to remove material division the act or process of dividing 11n the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels Syn|Hypo|Hyper cutting nick, notch, snick a small cut gash, slasha strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument incision, section, surgical incisionthe cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation) gastromysurgical incision into the stomach perineotomysurgical incision into the perineum laparotomysurgical incision into the abdominal wall; often done to examine abdominal organs orchotomysurgical incision into the testis to obtain material for analysis (as in cases of abnormally low sperm count) sclerotomysurgical incision of the sclerotic coat of the eye nephrotomyincision into a kidney (usually to remove a kidney stone) thoracotomysurgical incision into the chest walls opening up the pleural cavity valvotomy, valvulotomyincision into a stenosed cardiac valve to relieve the obstruction phlebotomy, venesectionsurgical incision into a vein; used to treat hemochromatosis vasosection, vasotomysurgical incision into or division of the vas deferens opening becoming open or being made open 12n the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends the barber gave him a good cut Syn|Hypo|Hyper cutting, cutting off clip, clipping, snip the act of clipping or snipping haircutthe act of cutting the hair clipping, trim, trimmingcutting down to the desired size or shape shearingremoving by cutting off or clipping pruningthe act of trimming a plant sheepshearingact of shearing sheep nip, pincha small sharp bite or snip shortening act of decreasing in length 13n a wound made by cutting he put a bandage over the cut Syn|Hyper gash, slash, slice lesion, wound an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin) 14n a remark capable of wounding mentally the unkindest cut of all Syn|Hyper stinger abuse, contumely, insult, revilement, vilification a rude expression intended to offend or hurt 15n a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation Syn|Hyper gash furrow a long shallow trench in the ground (especially one made by a plow) 16n a canal made by erosion or excavation Hyper canal long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation 17adj separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument the cut surface was mottled cut tobacco blood from his cut forehead bandages on her cut wrists Syn|Ant chopped, shredded, sliced prepared by cutting cut upcut into pieces incisedcut into with a sharp instrument perforatedhaving a number or series of holes perforate, perforated, pierced, puncturedhaving a hole cut through cut off, severeddetached by cutting split(especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain uncut not cut imperforatenot perforated; having no opening unpiercednot pierced 18adj (of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit 2the cut pages of the book Ant uncut (of pages of a book) having adjacent leaves still joined at the fore edge 1v reduce in scope while retaining essential elements Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper abbreviate, abridge, contract, foreshorten, reduce, shorten edit, edit out cut and assemble the components of dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing bowdlerise, bowdlerize, castrate, expurgate, shorten edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate concentrate, condense, digestmake more concise capsule, capsulise, capsulize, encapsulateput in a short or concise form; reduce in volume telescopemake smaller or shorter decrease, lessen, minify make smaller 2v cut down on; make a reduction in The employer wants to cut back health benefits Syn|Hypo|Hyper bring down, cut back, cut down, reduce, trim, trim back, trim down shorten make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration spillreduce the pressure of wind on (a sail) quenchreduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance retrenchmake a reduction, as in one's workforce slashcut drastically thin outmake sparse thinmake thin or thinner detract, take awaytake away a part from; diminish deflatereduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices inflateincrease the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value downsizereduce in size or number subtracttake off or away knock off, shavecut the price of foreshortenshorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth clip, curtail, cut shortterminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent syncopateomit a sound or letter in a word cut short, truncatemake shorter as if by cutting off drawreduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die clip, crop, cut back, dress, lop, prune, snip, trimcultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of mark downreduce the price of decrease, lessen, minify make smaller 3v have a reducing effect This cuts into my earnings Syn|Hyper bring down, cut back, cut down, reduce, trim, trim back, trim down cut down on; make a reduction in decrease, lessen, minify make smaller 4v weed out unwanted or unnecessary things We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet Syn|Hyper prune, rationalise, rationalize do away with, eliminate, extinguish, get rid of terminate, end, or take out 5v discharge from a group The coach cut two players from the team Hyper discharge, free free from obligations or duties 6v cease, stop cut the noise We had to cut short the conversation Syn|Hyper cut off break up, cut off, disrupt, interrupt make a break in 7v cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch cut the engine Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper switch off, turn off, turn out switch on, turn on cause to operate by flipping a switch kill cause to cease operating flip, switch, throw cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation 8n the act of reducing the amount or number the mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget Hypo|Hyper budget cut the act of reducing budgeted expenditures pay cut, salary cutthe act of reducing a salary cost cuttingthe act of cutting costs price cut, price cuttingcutting the price of merchandise to one lower than the usual or advertised price spending cutthe act of reducing spending tax cutthe act of reducing taxation decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down the act of decreasing or reducing something 9n the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage Syn|Hyper deletion, excision editing, redaction putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form 10adj with parts removed the drastically cut film Syn shortened abridged (used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting 11adj (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply 3Syn slashed decreased, reduced made less in size or amount or degree 1v turn sharply; change direction abruptly The car cut to the left at the intersection Syn|Hypo|Hyper curve, sheer, slew, slue, swerve, trend, veer peel off leave a formation yawswerve off course momentarily turn change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense 2v pass directly and often in haste We cut through the neighbor's yard to get home sooner Hyper go across, go through, pass go across or through 3v pass through or across The boat cut the water Hyper move through, pass across, pass over, pass through, transit make a passage or journey from one place to another 4v move (one's fist) 4his opponent cut upward toward his chin Hyper move move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion 1v style and tailor in a certain fashion cut a dress Syn|Hypo|Hyper tailor gore cut into gores design create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner 2v cut and assemble the components of cut recording tape Syn|Hyper edit, edit out abbreviate, abridge, contract, foreshorten, reduce, shorten reduce in scope while retaining essential elements alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 3v make out and issue cut a ticket Syn|Hypo|Hyper issue, make out, write out check write out a check on a bank account write communicate or express by writing 4v give the appearance or impression of cut a nice figure Hyper appear, look, seem give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect 5v perform or carry out cut a caper Hyper do, execute, perform carry out or perform an action 6v be able to manage or manage successfully she could not cut the long days in the office Syn|Hyper hack contend, cope, deal, get by, grapple, make do, make out, manage come to terms with 7n the style in which a garment is cut a dress of traditional cut Hyper fashion the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior 8n a step on some scale he is a cut above the rest Hyper gradation, step relative position in a graded series 9adj fashioned or shaped by cutting a well- cut suit cut diamonds cut velvet Syn|Ant cut out having been cut out hand-hewn, hewncut or shaped with hard blows of a heavy cutting instrument like an ax or chisel sheared(used especially of fur or wool) shaped or finished by cutting or trimming to a uniform length slashedhaving long and narrow ornamental cuts showing an underlying fabric rough, uncut not shaped by cutting or trimming unsheared(used especially of fur or wool) not having been sheared 10adj made neat and tidy by trimming 5Syn|Ant trimmed clipped cut or trimmed by clipping uncut, untrimmed not trimmed unclippednot clipped 1v make a recording of cut the songs She cut all of her major titles again Hyper record, tape register electronically 2v record a performance on (a medium) cut a record Syn|Hyper burn create by duplicating data record, tape register electronically 3v create by duplicating data cut a disk Syn|Hyper burn create, make, produce create or manufacture a man-made product 4n a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc 6he played the first cut on the cd Syn|Hyper track excerpt, excerption, extract, selection a passage selected from a larger work 1v make an abrupt change of image or sound cut from one scene to another Hypo|Hyper cut away move quickly to another scene or focus when filming change, shift, switch lay aside, abandon, or leave for another 2v stop filming cut a movie scene Hyper stop cause to stop 3n (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next 7the cut from the accident scene to the hospital seemed too abrupt Hypo|Hyper jump cut an immediate transition from one scene to another transition a passage that connects a topic to one that follows 1v reap or harvest cut grain Hyper glean, harvest, reap gather, as of natural products 2adj (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine Syn|Ant mown new-mown newly mown uncut, unmown (used of grass or vegetation) not cut down with a hand implement or machine 3n a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass Syn|Hypo|Hyper cut of meat joint, roast a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion confita piece of meat (especially a duck) cooked slowly in its own fat chopa small cut of meat including part of a rib chinecut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone legthe limb of an animal used for food side, side of meata lengthwise dressed half of an animal's carcass used for food forequarterthe front half of a side of meat hindquarterthe back half of a side of meat cut of beefcut of meat from beef cattle ribcut of meat including one or more ribs entrecotecut of meat taken from between the ribs shanka cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg shin, shin bonea cut of meat from the lower part of the leg brisketa cut of meat from the breast or lower chest especially of beef steaka slice of meat cut from the fleshy part of an animal or large fish loina cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal between the ribs and the rump sirlointhe portion of the loin (especially of beef) just in front of the rump tenderloin, undercutthe tender meat of the loin muscle on each side of the vertebral column necka cut of meat from the neck of an animal shouldera cut of meat including the upper joint of the foreleg cut of vealcut of meat from a calf cut of muttoncut of meat from a mature sheep cut of lambcut of meat from a lamb saddlecut of meat (especially mutton or lamb) consisting of part of the backbone and both loins rackrib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton cut of porkcut of meat from a hog or pig side of beefdressed half of a beef carcass chuckthe part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade chuck short ribsbetween the chuck and the brisket spareriba cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off foreshanka cut of meat from the upper part of a front leg hindshanka cut of meat from the upper part of a rear leg platethe thin under portion of the forequarter flanka cut from the fleshy part of an animal's side between the ribs and the leg fish steakcross-section slice of a large fish beefsteaka beef steak usually cooked by broiling beef loincut of meat from a loin of beef wedge bonepart of the sirloin nearest the rump flat bonepart of the sirloin next to the wedge bone pin bonepart of the sirloin between the flat bone and the porterhouse sirloin tipa cut of beef from the upper end of the sirloin beef tenderloinbeef loin muscle pork tenderloinpork loin muscle bladea cut of beef from the shoulder blade blade roasta roast cut from the blade beef necka cut of beef from the neck of the animal pot roastcut of beef suitable for simmering in liquid in a closed pot short ribscut of beef containing rib ends near the sternum rib roast, standing rib roasta cut of meat (beef or venison) including more than one rib and the meat located along the outside of the ribs rounda cut of beef between the rump and the lower leg top roundroast cut from the round; usually suitable for roasting rumpfleshy hindquarters; behind the loin and above the round rump roasta cut of beef or veal from the fleshy hindquarters of the animal aitchbonea cut of beef including the H-shaped rump bone beef roast, roast beefcut of beef suitable for roasting scrag, scrag endthe lean end of a neck of veal roast veal, veal roastcut of veal suitable for roasting mutton chopchop cut from a mature sheep scraglean end of the neck breast of lamb, poitrine d'agneaua cut of lamb including the breastbone and attached muscles dressed as meat saddle of lambbackbone and both loins of a lamb loin of lambmeat from a loin of lamb lamb chop, lamb-chop, lambchopchop cut from a lamb lamb roast, roast lamba cut of lamb suitable for roasting crown roast, rack of lamba roast of the rib section of lamb ham hocka small cut of meat from the leg just above the foot gigot, leg of lamblamb leg suitable for roasting pork loinmeat from a loin of pork side of porkdressed half of a hog carcass pork roast, roast porkcut of pork suitable for roasting gammon, ham, jambonmeat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked) picnic ham, picnic shouldershoulder of a hog usually smoked porkchopchop cut from a hog baconback and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried spareribscut of pork from the rib section with most of the meat trimmed off meat the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food 4n a share of the profits 8everyone got a cut of the earnings Hypo|Hyper rake-off, vigorish a percentage (of winnings or loot or profit) taken by an operator or gangster part, percentage, portion, share assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group 1v hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction cut a Ping-Pong ball Hyper hit deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument 2n (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball cuts do not bother a good tennis player Syn|Hyper undercut shot, stroke (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand 3n in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball 9he took a vicious cut at the ball Syn|Hyper baseball swing, swing shot, stroke (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand 1v divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult Wayne cut She cut the deck for a long time Hyper mix, ruffle, shuffle mix so as to make a random order or arrangement 2n the division of a deck of cards before dealing 10he insisted that we give him the last cut before every deal the cutting of the cards soon became a ritual Syn|Hyper cutting division the act or process of dividing 1v intentionally fail to attend cut class Syn|Hypo|Hyper skip bunk off, play hooky play truant from work or school miss fail to attend an event or activity 2n an unexcused absence from class 11he was punished for taking too many cuts in his math class Hyper absence failure to be present 1v refuse to acknowledge She cut him dead at the meeting Syn|Hyper disregard, ignore, snub do by, handle, treat interact in a certain way 2n a refusal to recognize someone you know 12Syn|Hyper cold shoulder, snub rebuff, slight a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval) 1v lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture cut bourbon Syn|Hypo|Hyper dilute, reduce, thin, thin out water down make less strong or intense weaken lessen the strength of 2v dissolve by breaking down the fat of soap cuts grease Hyper break up, dissolve, resolve cause to go into a solution 3adj mixed with water 13sold cut whiskey Syn thinned, weakened dilute, diluted reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity 1v have grow through the gums The baby cut a tooth Hyper acquire, develop, get, grow, produce come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes) 2v grow through the gums 14The new tooth is cutting Hyper grow increase in size by natural process 1v cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses) Syn|Hyper geld castrate, demasculinise, demasculinize, emasculate remove the testicles of a male animal 2adj (of a male animal) having the testicles removed a cut horse Syn emasculated, gelded castrated, unsexed deprived of sexual capacity or sexual attributes |
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