uk/kʌt/us/kʌt/present participlecutting|past tense and past participlecut
cutverb(USE KNIFE)
A2[IorT]
tobreakthesurfaceof something, or todivideor make somethingsmaller, using asharptool,especiallyaknife:
（尤指用刀）切，割，砍，剪，削，剁
to cut asliceofbread切一片面包
I cut myself/myhandonthatglass/withthatknife.我被那片玻璃／那把小刀割伤了（手）。
Cut themeatupintosmallpieces.把肉切成小片。
Thisknifedoesn't cut very well.这把刀不好切，不够锋利。
Where did youhaveyourhaircut?你在哪儿理的发？
[+ obj + adj]Firefighters had to cut thetrappeddriverloose/free(= cut themetaltoallowthedriverto get out of thecar)usingspecialequipment.消防员们不得不动用特殊器械切开汽车，救出受困的司机。
Hefelloff theswingand cut hisheadopen(= got adeepcut in hishead).他从秋千上摔下来，头上割了道口子。
He cut thecakein/intosix (pieces) and gave eachchildaslice.他把蛋糕切成6块，分给孩子每人1块。
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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.
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I cut myfingerchoppingonionslastnight.
Don't justhackaway at thebread- cut itproperly!
Could you cut me asmallpieceofcheese,please?
He cut thecakeinto sixpieces.
Therazorslippedwhile he wasshavingand he cut himself.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Cutting and stabbing
abrasion
bayonet
butcher
carve
carving
chisel
chop
impaler
incise
julienne
lacerate
lacerated
shave
shear
shearing
sheep shearing
slash
sliced
slit
snip
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cutverb(REDUCE)
B2[T]
to make somethingshorter,lower,smaller, etc.:
减少；缩短；降低；削减
to cutprices/costs降低价格／成本
to cutovertime/wages缩短加班时间／降低工资
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We need to cutouradvertisingcosts.
Computerization shouldenableus to cutproductioncostsbyhalf.
Ourexpectationsare that the UK will cutitsinterestrate.
Thegovernmentannouncedtoday that it is to cutfundingfor theartsfor nextyear.
Thesupermarketchainannouncedthat it was cuttingpriceson allitsfreshandfrozenmeat.
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Becoming and making smaller or less
abridgment
attenuate
attenuated
attenuating
attenuation
boil
damp
falling
falling-off
foreshorten
foreshortened
go through the flooridiom
rollback
runsomeone/somethingdown
rundown
sag
salami slicing
shave
telescope
tumble
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cutverb(REMOVE)
B2[T]
toremovesomething from somethingelse:
剪辑；删节；删除
Thesexsceneshad been cutout ofthe TVversionof thefilm.该影片电视剧版中的性爱镜头都给剪掉了。
cut and paste
tomovewords orpicturesfrom oneplaceto another in acomputerorinternetdocument,app,post, etc.:
a cutinexpenditure/interestrates/hospitalwaitinglists花销的削减／利率的降低／医院候诊名单的缩短
cuts[plural]
reductionsinpublicspending:
公共开支削减
Students andworkerswere out on thestreetsprotestingagainst the cuts.学生和工人们上街游行抗议削减公共开支。
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Becoming and making smaller or less
abridgment
attenuate
attenuated
attenuating
attenuation
boil
damp
falling
falling-off
foreshorten
foreshortened
go through the flooridiom
rollback
runsomeone/somethingdown
rundown
sag
salami slicing
shave
telescope
tumble
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cutnoun(PART REMOVED)
[C]
theactofremovingapartfrom abook,film, etc., or apartthat isremoved:
删剪；删节（部分）
Themoviecontainssome veryviolentscenes, so some cuts weremadewhen it wasshownon TV.这部电影里有些非常暴力的场面，因此在电视上播映时做了些删剪。
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Removing and getting rid of things
abandonment
banish
be scattered to the four windsidiom
bin
castsomeone/somethingaside/away/off
dumping
eradication
erasure
evacuate
evacuation
exorcism
fling
leach
scrape
shedding
shoo
shrug
shrugsomethingoff
shuck
sling
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cutnoun(PASSAGE)
US(UKcutting)
adeep,narrowpassagemade through ahillfor aroad,railway, orcanal
（从山中开凿出的）通道铁路，河床
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Ditches, dams & tunnels
cutting
dam
damsomethingup
dike
ditch
dyke
groin
groyne
ha ha
inspection chamber
spillway
subway
the Channel Tunnel
the Chunnel
trench
tunnel
tunneller
underpass
cutnoun(IN CRICKET)
incricket, anattackingshothitthrough anarealevelwith or just behind or just infrontof thebatter(= theplayerwhotriestohittheball), on theright-handsidefor aright-handedbatter:
He's a back-footplayerandscoresmost of hisrunsfrom cuts andpulls.
She couldn'tkeepthe cut down and wascaughtatpoint.
uk/kʌt/us/kʌt/present participlecutting|past tense and past participlecut
cutverb(USE KNIFE)
A2[IorT]
tobreakthesurfaceof something, or todivideor make somethingsmaller, using asharptool,especiallyaknife
（尤指用刀）切，割，砍，剪，削，剁
to cut asliceofbread切一片面包
I cut myself/myhandonthatglass/withthatknife.我被那片玻璃／那把小刀割伤了（手）。
Cut themeatupintosmallpieces.把肉切成小片。
Thisknifedoesn't cut very well.这把刀不好切，不够锋利。
Where did youhaveyourhaircut?你在哪儿理的发？
[+ obj + adj]Firefighters had to cut thetrappeddriverloose/free(= cut themetaltoallowthedriverto get out of thecar)usingspecialequipment.消防员们不得不动用特殊器械切开汽车，救出受困的司机。
Hefelloff theswingand cut hisheadopen(= got adeepcut in hishead).他从秋千上摔下来，头上割了道口子。
He cut thecakein/intosix (pieces) and gave eachchildaslice.他把蛋糕切成6块，分给孩子每人1块。
More examples
I cut myfingerchoppingonionslastnight.
Don't justhackaway at thebread- cut itproperly!
Could you cut me asmallpieceofcheese,please?
He cut thecakeinto sixpieces.
Therazorslippedwhile he wasshavingand he cut himself.
cutverb(REDUCE)
B2[T]
to make somethingshorter,lower,smaller, etc.
减少；缩短；降低；削减
to cutprices/costs降低价格／成本
to cutovertime/wages缩短加班时间／降低工资
More examples
We need to cutouradvertisingcosts.
Computerization shouldenableus to cutproductioncostsbyhalf.
Ourexpectationsare that the UK will cutitsinterestrate.
Thegovernmentannouncedtoday that it is to cutfundingfor theartsfor nextyear.
Thesupermarketchainannouncedthat it was cuttingpriceson allitsfreshandfrozenmeat.
cutverb(REMOVE)
B2[T]
toremovesomething from somethingelse
剪辑；删节；删除
Thesexsceneshad been cutout ofthe TVversionof thefilm.该影片电视剧版中的性爱镜头都给剪掉了。
cut and paste
tomovewords orpicturesfrom oneplaceto another in acomputerdocument
（计算机文件中文字或图片的）剪贴
cutsbout ofyourwill
todecidenot toleavesomeone any ofyourmoneyor possessions when youdie
剥夺…的继承权
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Anyscenesofviolencehad been cut.
We will have to cut thebitsabout the president'swife.
cutverb(MISS)
[T]mainlyUSinformal
to not go,especiallyto aplacewhere you should be
缺席，未去
Yoursonhas been cuttingclasses.你儿子一直在逃学。
cutverb(STOP)
[IorT]
tostoporinterruptsomething
停止；中断；切断；打断
to cut anengine/amotor关上引擎／马达
"Cut!(=stopfilming!)"shoutedthedirector.“停！”导演喊道。
cutsbshort
tostopsomeone fromtalkingbefore they havefinishedwhat they were saying
打断…的话
Hestartedtoexplain, but she cut himshort.他开始解释，可是她打断了他的话。
cut it/that out!informal
used totellsomeone tostoptalkingorstopbehavingin anannoyingway
别说了！停下！别闹了！
Justcut it out! I've had enough ofyourtimewasting.停下！你那些无聊的东西我受够了。
cutverb(GROW TEETH)
cut a tooth
(of ababy) togrowa newtooth
（婴儿）出牙
The baby's cutting atooth. That's why she'scrying.这个婴儿正在长牙，难怪她哭个没完。
cutverb(TAKE SHORT WAY)
[Iusually+ adv/prep]
to go through oracrossaplace,especiallyinorderto getsomewherequickly
In observational research in the general population, however, a continuum approach may be more useful than use of a qualitativecut-off point.
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The operations are set up tocuttimber from 1,000 hectares of rainforest in an ecologically sustainable manner.
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However, there are quite a few pairs of systems for which the families of minimalcutsets cannot be ordered.
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The latter is a sequent calculus that needs none of the standard structural rules of weakening, contraction orcut.
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However, the succession iscutby a number of small faults so that the section is not continuous.
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Those programs have been targeted for funding cuts ever since.
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Reducing radiation levels by 70% with a hessian cloth onlycuttranspiration by individual trees by about 10% compared with unshaded plants.
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After 7 days the basal stems were resterilized and freshlycut, and the raceme explants were transferred to fresh medium.
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Therefore, a concave body may be virtuallycutinto several convex subbodies at the stage of creating the geometry model of the body.
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Our study did not provide evidence that either type of cutting surface was safer, although the cleaning method could affect disease risk.
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To that extent it cuts down what otherwise would be the rights of property.
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The left introduction rules plus weakening andcutare used to compute the logical consequences of a given formula.
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More obviously, upper-limb impairment may result in problems preparing and cutting food and delivering it to the mouth.
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The cane-cutters preferred the twelve-month cane; the 24-month cane was reported to be harder tocut, had lodged and was infested with weeds.
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I don't really know whether cutting would be the answer.
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Collocationswithcut
cut
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additional cut
The highest possible level of public pensions will be cut gradually, to 64% of last net earnings, and anadditionalcutof the derived widow's pension was made.
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budgetary cut
Furthermore, local government restructuring and budgetary cuts from the 1970s introduced restrictions in cemetery maintenance expenditure: staffing levels, not easy to maintain, were cut further.
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cut fastball
Less commonly, he throws a curveball in the low 70s and a cut fastball.
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