单词 | cut down |
释义 | cut down (once / 629 pages) 1v 2v 3v 4v WORD FAMILY cut down: cuts down, cutting down USAGE EXAMPLESOr you decide to cut down on alcohol but you keep drinking. Wall Street Journal(Jan 01, 2017) When he plays well and cuts down on mistakes, they usually win. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Louisville captures N.C.A.A. men’s basketball championship, placed on probation in emotional ceremony while cutting down net. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 v cause to come or go down 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper down, knock down, pull down, push down submarine bring down with a blow to the legs strike deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon 1v cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete Syn|Hyper slash cut separate with or as if with an instrument 2v cut with a blade or mower 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper mow scythe cut with a scythe cut separate with or as if with an instrument 1v cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow Syn|Hypo|Hyper drop, fell, strike down chop down cut down poleax, poleaxefell with or as if with a poleax log, lumbercut lumber, as in woods and forests cutfell by sawing; hew cut separate with or as if with an instrument 2v intercept (a player) 4Syn|Hyper cut out arrest, check, contain, hold back, stop, turn back hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of v cut down on; make a reduction in Syn|Hypo|Hyper bring down, cut, cut back, reduce, trim, trim back, trim down cut have a reducing effect 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 |
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