slash
verb
uk/slæʃ/us/slæʃ/[IorT]
tocutwith asharpbladeusing aquick,strongmovement:
（用利器）劈，砍，划Themuseumwasbrokeninto lastnightand severalpaintingswere slashed.昨晚有人闯进了博物馆，有几幅画被划破了。
Shetriedtocommitsuicideby slashing herwrists.她试图割腕自杀。
We had to slash(ourway)throughthelonggrasstoclearapath.我们不得不在茂盛的草丛里踩出一条通道。
to cut something
- cutOuch, I've cut my finger!
- chopHe was chopping vegetables to make a stew.
- sliceSlice the mushrooms and fry them in butter.
- snipShe snipped the corner off the soup packet.
- slitHe slit open the envelope with a knife.
- carveHe carved her name on a tree.
[T]informal
to very muchreducesomething, such asmoneyorjobs:
大幅削减，大幅减少（金钱、工作等）Prices have been slashed by 50percent!价格直降50%！
- On onecarall thetyreshad been slashed.
- Histhroathad been slashed.
- He was slashedacrossthechestthreetimesandstabbed.
- Since 1993 thecompanyhascut65,000jobsand slashedcostsby £3billion.
- Thebudgethas since been slashed.
Cutting and stabbing
- abrasion
- bayonet
- butcher
- carve
- carving
- chisel
- chop
- impaler
- incise
- julienne
- lacerate
- lacerated
- shave
- shear
- shearing
- sheep shearing
- sliced
- slit
- snip
- spike
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Becoming and making smaller or less
slash
noun
uk/slæʃ/us/slæʃ/slashnoun(PUNCTUATION)
B2[C](UKalsooblique (stroke))
thesymbol/ used in writing toseparateletters,numbers, or words:
斜线号，斜杠You often write a slash betweenalternatives, forexample, "and/or".通常在选择项之间会加斜线号，比如“和／或”。
See also
backslash
forward slash
[C]spoken(UKalsooblique (stroke))
used tomean"or", or to show that something has two uses:
原意为“斜线号”，表示“或者”Theroomfunctionsas aguestbedroomslashstudy.这间屋子用作客房或书房。
Punctuation
- abbreviated
- accent
- apostrophe
- at sign
- block capitals
- caron
- cedilla
- comma
- dash
- diacritical
- double prime
- question mark
- round brackets
- semicolon
- small cap
- small capitals
- solidus
- square brackets
- stroke
- unbracketed
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Linguistics: connecting words joining words or phrases with similar or related meanings
slashnoun(CUT)
along,deepcut
（长而深的）划痕，切口[C]
afast,longmovementtohitsomething:
抽打；挥击Ben took awildslashattheballandluckilymanagedtohitit.本拼命地挥棒击球，居然幸运地击中了。
[C]
adecorativeopeningin apieceofclothing, often with a differentcolourshowingthrough it:
（衣服上的）装饰性开叉（常有不同的颜色透过开叉显示出来）My newdressispaleblue, with adarkblueslash in thesleeves.我的新衣服是淡蓝色的，在袖口上有一个深蓝色的装饰性开叉。
Cutting and stabbing
- abrasion
- bayonet
- butcher
- carve
- carving
- chisel
- chop
- impaler
- incise
- julienne
- lacerate
- lacerated
- shave
- shear
- shearing
- sheep shearing
- sliced
- slit
- snip
- spike
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Hitting and beating
Parts of clothes
slashnoun(TOILET)
[S]UKslang
theactof going to thetoiletandurinating
撒尿Animal physiology: urine & urinating
- accident
- bathroom
- be caught/taken shortidiom
- call
- call of natureidiom
- diuretic
- excrete
- excretion
- go to the bathroomidiom
- leak
- micturition
- pass
- short
- tinkle
- tumulus
- uric
- urinate
- water
- waterworks
- wetyourpantsidiom
slashnoun(STORIES)
[U]slang(alsoslash fiction)
atypeoffanfiction(=storieswritten about TV,film, orbookcharactersbytheirfans)in which twomalecharactersareimaginedto have asexualrelationship:
Slashfocuseson thehomoeroticpairing ofmalecharacterssuch asCaptainKirk and Mr. Spock ofStarTrek.
"Slash for me isidealfictionbecause Idislikefemalecharacters," she said.
See also
femslashslang
Pieces of writing
- acrostic
- annotation
- biographic
- blog post
- Chyron
- creative writing
- cutting
- fair
- inscription
- lament
- microblog
- mistranscription
- multi-line
- palimpsest
- para
- preamble
- scribble
- script
- self-portrait
- squiggle
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Literature
Grammar
Punctuation
The most common punctuation marks in English are: capital letters and full stops, question marks, commas, colons and semi-colons, exclamation marks and quotation marks.…Punctuation: dashes ( – ) and other punctuation marks
Dashes are more common in informal writing. They can be used in similar ways to commas or semi-colons. Both single and multiple dashes may be used:…