英语词汇“cut back”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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To cut back is to trim something that's growing, like your front lawn or the crazy vines on the side of your house. You can even cut back on your spending, if it's out of control.

You can cut back your rose bush, and you can also cut back on the amount of money you spend, or reduce it. When someone curbs or restricts, it cuts back: "My coach cut back on the amount of time I spend on the field." The verb cut probably comes from a Germanic root also meaning "to cut," and it's related to both the Swedish kuta and the Old Norse kuti, both meaning "knife."

WORD FAMILY

cut back: cuts back, cutting back

USAGE EXAMPLES

Others see it as a way to cut back existing government security net programs.

Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017)

And she cut back on alcohol — for the wrong reasons.

New York Times(Dec 28, 2016)

Penney Co. cut back sales and promotions in favor of everyday low prices, but the move alienated shoppers and sales plummeted.

Wall Street Journal(Dec 27, 2016)

v cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

clip, crop, dress, lop, prune, snip, trim

shear

cut with shears

poll, pollard

convert into a pollard

pinch, top

cut the top off

disbud

thin out buds to improve the quality of the remaining flowers

tail

remove the stalk of fruits or berries

thin out

make sparse

1v cut down on; make a reduction in

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

bring down, cut, cut down, reduce, trim, trim back, trim down
cut

have a reducing effect

shorten

make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration

spill

reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail)

quench

reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance

retrench

make a reduction, as in one's workforce

slash

cut drastically

thin out

make sparse

thin

make thin or thinner

detract, take away

take away a part from; diminish

deflate

reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices

inflate

increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value

downsize

reduce in size or number

subtract

take off or away

knock off, shave

cut the price of

foreshorten

shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth

clip, curtail, cut short

terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent

syncopate

omit a sound or letter in a word

cut short, truncate

make shorter as if by cutting off

draw

reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die

clip, crop, dress, lop, prune, snip, trim

cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

mark down

reduce the price of

decrease, lessen, minify

make smaller

2v place restrictions on

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

curb, curtail, restrict

abridge

lessen, diminish, or curtail

immobilise, immobilize

cause to be unable to move

paralyse, paralyze

cause to be paralyzed and immobile

stun, stupefy

make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow

circumscribe, confine, limit

restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"

v return in time

the film cut back to an earlier event in the story

Syn|Hyper

flash back

return

go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before

单词	cut back
释义	cut back (once / 2909 pages) 1v 2v 3v To cut back is to trim something that's growing, like your front lawn or the crazy vines on the side of your house. You can even cut back on your spending, if it's out of control. You can cut back your rose bush, and you can also cut back on the amount of money you spend, or reduce it. When someone curbs or restricts, it cuts back: "My coach cut back on the amount of time I spend on the field." The verb cut probably comes from a Germanic root also meaning "to cut," and it's related to both the Swedish kuta and the Old Norse kuti, both meaning "knife." WORD FAMILY cut back: cuts back, cutting back USAGE EXAMPLES Others see it as a way to cut back existing government security net programs. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) And she cut back on alcohol — for the wrong reasons. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) Penney Co. cut back sales and promotions in favor of everyday low prices, but the move alienated shoppers and sales plummeted. Wall Street Journal(Dec 27, 2016) 1 v cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper clip, crop, dress, lop, prune, snip, trim shear cut with shears poll, pollard convert into a pollard pinch, top cut the top off disbud thin out buds to improve the quality of the remaining flowers tail remove the stalk of fruits or berries thin out make sparse 2 1v cut down on; make a reduction in Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper bring down, cut, cut down, reduce, trim, trim back, trim down cut have a reducing effect shorten make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration spill reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail) quench reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance retrench make a reduction, as in one's workforce slash cut drastically thin out make sparse thin make thin or thinner detract, take away take away a part from; diminish deflate reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices inflate increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value downsize reduce in size or number subtract take off or away knock off, shave cut the price of foreshorten shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth clip, curtail, cut short terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent syncopate omit a sound or letter in a word cut short, truncate make shorter as if by cutting off draw reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die clip, crop, dress, lop, prune, snip, trim cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of mark down reduce the price of decrease, lessen, minify make smaller 2v place restrictions on Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper curb, curtail, restrict abridge lessen, diminish, or curtail immobilise, immobilize cause to be unable to move paralyse, paralyze cause to be paralyzed and immobile stun, stupefy make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow circumscribe, confine, limit restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day" 3 v return in time the film cut back to an earlier event in the story Syn\|Hyper flash back return go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
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