1Make an opening, incision, or wound in (something) with sa sharp-edged tool or object.

一块尖利的石头割破了他的大脚趾。

他用曲棍球杆杆头割破了麦凯的脸。

〈喻〉他的轻蔑比刀割还疼。

1. 1.1no object Make an incision in one's own flesh, as a symptom of emotional distress.
   she's been cutting every day after school for months

   with object they cut themselves in a sad attempt to release the pain

   Example sentencesExamples

   • One day last year he found out that I'd been cutting, and that I wanted to kill myself.
   • I talked to the counselor and she told me other ways to get rid of my anger and pain. She also had to tell my parents I was cutting.
   • Kelly stopped cutting when she left home to go to college.
   • When I could no longer stand to utter one more word in the world, I began to cut myself.
   • I stopped cutting myself because after I told my girlfriend about my ritual, she cried and told me she was very sad that I felt I needed to do that to myself.
   • People who cut tend to cut more and deeper unless they get help to deal with the stresses that drive them to hurt themselves.
   • At least she's stopped cutting, but she really needs us more than ever.
   • He also stopped cutting himself after my ex-husband moved out, prior to that, there was stress in the house that he may have picked up on.
   • I pulled my arm under the sheets self-consciously, shrugging when he looked at me inquisitively. He probably thought I had been cutting.
   • She stopped cutting and got help for her depression.
   • Since Annie stopped cutting, she has become sexually active with her boyfriend and experimented with drugs.
   • My foster parents would talk about it with me and the pain was so deep inside I just had to do something to feel something else so I began to cut.

2Remove (something) from something larger by using a sharp implement.

我把他的照片从报纸上剪了下来。

一些囚犯被砍掉了右手。

1. 2.1 Castrate (an animal, especially a horse).
   阉割（动物，尤指马）
   Example sentencesExamples

   • Do not think that having your stallion cut now will instantly make him a darling and all your problems will be solved.
   • Whether cutting cattle or breaking horses, Adam was undoubtedly the best on the Ponderosa.
   • Get the horse cut, if it doesn't calm down sell it.
   • At two, many stallions are gentle (I had one I kept until he was 5 then had him cut).
   • For more than 50 years, raising, training, cutting and showing horses has been a way of life for him.

   Synonyms

   castrate, neuter, geld, desex, asexualize, sterilize, remove the testicles of
2. 2.2 Remove the foreskin of a penis; circumcise.
   Example sentencesExamples

   • My Dad is middle-aged (he was cut as a baby) and says his penis hasn't lost any sensitivity over time.
   • No anesthesia was used to numb the pain as the baby was cut.
   • The proper standard of care in this situation is to minimize and repair the injury, not make it worse by cutting off the foreskin and creating a larger and more painful surgical wound.
   • Some boys have a circumcision, which means that a doctor or clergy member cuts away the foreskin.
   • I have a son, and yes he was cut at birth… he's my son… it was my choice.
3. 2.3cut something out Make something by cutting.
   剪出
   I cut out some squares of paper

   我剪出些正方形纸片。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Draw a 4-inch square on the piece of paper, and cut it out.
   • ‘Lettering and designs could be cut out instantly in self-adhesive vinyl,’ she said.
   • The back panel was easier, since I will be making an acrylic motherboard tray with a square back panel, I just cut it out with my jigsaw.
   • Only the outline has been cut out and then something happened, leaving the work forever undone.
   • I cut the separate stencils out and I was ready for action with just 4-5 colors of spray paint.
   • The circles were cut out and placed one on top of one another.
   • Finally, the individual leaves would be cut out and then ready to hang from the classroom lights, or be displayed on the classroom windows.
4. 2.4cut something out Remove, exclude, or stop eating or doing something undesirable.
   去除，停止吃不好的东西，停止做不好的事情
   start today by cutting out fatty foods

   今天开始停止吃多脂肪食物。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Best of all, you deal direct with the owners, cutting out the middlemen.
   • Costly but ‘unnecessary’ house details were cut out after an exhaustive survey of what young house-hunters considered essential, as opposed to ideal.
   • The usual migraine triggers were cut out from Harriet's diet: chocolate, cheese, orange juice: but to no avail, says Nicky.
   • However, for most of us, with a little effort, and better public transport, many of those car journeys could be cut out.
   • Cut down on sodium the week before, then cut it out entirely the last three days before the shoot.
   • "We're going to cut out spending on bureaucracy and abolish regional health authorities.
   • Why, you try cutting them out, stop eating them, avoiding temptation.
   • The fear is that the grand achievement of two decades of democracy is only that the middleman was cut out and repression privatized.

   Synonyms

   give up, refrain from, abstain from, go without, stop drinking, stop eating
5. 2.5cut something outNorth American Separate an animal from the main herd.
   （将动物从大群中）分离出来
   Example sentencesExamples

   • In the herd work, the horse cuts a cow from the herd and shows its ability to control it with little assistance from his rider.
   • Sneaking up on a huge animal, and cutting it out of a herd was always treacherous business.
   • I had been grinning all morning, especially when Mesa and I succeeded in cutting some difficult cows from the herd.
   • Just as Diego almost cut the cow out of the herd it lashed out kicking furiously and howling.
   • The judges are looking for the rider to dart in decisively and cut a specific cow, but Joe is moving slowly.

3Divide into pieces with a knife or other sharp implement.

将牛肉切成薄片。

他把食物切成碎块。

1. 3.1 Make divisions in (something)
   分割
   land that has been cut up by streams into forested areas

   被溪流分割成片片森林的陆地。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Green lawns stretched out around the castle, and were cut through with stone paths.
   • Heaps of snow had been cut up by vehicles into mushy mud.
   • Lafayette street was added years later after the land had been cut up and sold to developers.
   • The middle section has some very large tunnels that cut through the reef crest.
   • Even Ethiopia, situated on a high plateau, which was cut up by mountains and vast canyons that made internal travel difficult, was accessible only from an exceptionally hot and unpleasant desert coast.
   • In other words, the black squares may not cut the grid up into separate pieces.
2. 3.2 Separate (something) into two; sever.
   把…切成两半；切断
   they cut the rope before he choked

   他们在他窒息前切断了绳子。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Dr. Zachariah also testified that the Achilles' tendons of many wounded persons were cut to prevent them from fleeing.
   • They cut through the chain locking the bike to a drainpipe outside the flat where Mr Croucher was staying in the early hours of April 10.
   • Some were lost through storms or when their marking float lines were cut by boat props or otherwise severed.
   • He then tried unsuccessfully to cut through the lock with a hacksaw.
   • A spokesman for Dublin Fire Brigade said the incident occurred when workmen cut through a pipe they believed to be dry.
   • The thieves broke into the shop through the back door and used cutting equipment to cut through the burglar alarm.
   • He might have a list of 10 stores he was being paid to open, and being paid big money just to cut the tape with the ceremonial scissors.
   • He stated that it was only after he had arrived at Aegion at about 10 am that he learned that the ropes had been deliberately cut.
   • How did they cut through the chain without waking anybody up?
   • After Justin cut the rope she thought her life was about to end, but Brian had run under her and caught her.
   • Also among the exhibits is the pair of scissors used by Mrs Mary Brown to cut the ribbon at the official opening of Morecambe pier in 1907.
   • He finished with the wound and cut the thread with a serrated combat knife from the soldier's belt.
   • A bundle of straw can be separated into parts by cutting all the straws in half, or by splitting it up into single straws, or by dividing it into two bundles.
   • Koras yelled in anger as the noose was taken from Asedrisean's neck and the ropes were cut from his wrists.
   • That is rewriting history, and cutting your anchor rope, and should be resisted.
   • In three out of four cases where handbags have been stolen, the offender or offenders have or have attempted to cut through the shoulder strap.
   • Much to her surprise, she felt arms around her and her ropes were being cut.
   • An unidentified farm labourer cuts through a piece of steel with a gas torch without the use of mandatory safety goggles.
   • An inline fuel separator is installed by cutting the vent hose that runs from the fuel tank to the tank vent on the outside of the boat.
   • The sailors had to cut through their anchor line to escape the beach.

   Synonyms

   sever, cleave, cut in two
3. 3.3cut something down Make something, especially a tree, fall by cutting it through at the base.
   （从底部）砍倒（某物，尤指树）
   Example sentencesExamples

   • The trees in the parks have been cut down for firewood.
   • This week, about 300 70-year-old trees were cut down on the site where drilling for the tunnel shaft will start later this summer.
   • In New York, 7,000 trees have been cut down, thanks to an infestation of Asian long-horn beetles brought here in wood crates from China.
   • In some areas, horse chestnut trees have been cut down because of the possibility that children might be hurt playing conkers.
   • The company also said only 379 trees will be cut down during construction of the project, instead of the previously estimated 500 trees.
   • For this purpose, the damar and acacia trees will be cut down.
   • I feel physically ill when trees are cut down in my immediate vicinity.
   • Hundreds of trees were cut down to widen the roads.
   • He told the hearing that between 50-100 oak trees on his land would be cut down because of the Bypass project.
   • Mystery continues to surround whether a required felling licence was obtained before the Douglas Fir trees were cut down and supplied, free of charge, for use in the troubled famine ship project.
   • Whenever a massive sequoia tree or branch threatened to fall on a structure, the tree was cut down.
   • Many holly trees are cut down or mutilated by people in the run-up to Christmas.
   • When trees were cut down, heavy rainfall would wash off the topsoil and leach the nutrients.
   • Resident Welfare Associations in the city complain that about 100 trees were cut down in recent weeks, and saplings planted with great expectations are felled without a second thought, sometimes by vandals.
   • When trees are cut down, this cycle is disrupted and the area eventually grows drier, causing a change in the local climate.
   • Within the next 18 months, 76 trees will be cut down and replaced, one street adjoining the square will be completely pedestrianised and the rusted Galway Hooker sculpture will be moved.
   • So you're saying someone purposely cut this tree down to fall on me, then ran away just a few minutes ago?
   • Beautiful old trees have been cut down and the river polluted.
   • The loggers come to the forest with mechanical chainsaws, cut the trees down indiscriminately and load them onto trucks before leaving the forest as if nothing had happened.
   • Around 30 trees have been cut down and five of them would have required a notice to do so.

   Synonyms

   fell, chop down, hack down, saw down, hew
4. 3.4cut someone down (of a weapon, bullet, or disease) kill or injure someone.
   （武器，子弹，疾病）杀害；使丧命（或受伤）
   Barker had been cut down by a sniper's bullet

   巴克被狙击手的子弹打倒。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • He only discovered Gordon had been cut down by the propellers, situated on the back of the plane, when he stepped out.
   • She was cut down in her prime. Justice has been delayed in her case for far too long.
   • A big chunk of Matthew's life was stolen from him, and he was cut down in his prime.
   • He gets to within 5 metres, Pepe following closely behind, when all of a sudden, a machine gun opens up, and Luis is cut down in his tracks.
   • One of the first to try and escape amid the explosions and gun fire, her captors had turned their guns on her and cut her down as she fled.
   • He was being driven to work one October morning in his luxury vehicle when he was cut down by a gunman.
   • The woman, whose 17-year-old daughter was cut down by four 9mm bullets fired from a sub-machine gun, also called for an end to the violence associated with gang culture.
   • Just as this associate is about to divulge more, a hail of bullets cuts him down, cutting short the protagonist's convalescence and paving the way for another narrative-driven, gunplay-heavy escapade.
   • He remained a prolific and successful composer until a massive coronary cut him down in 1979.
   • On his second tour of duty in Korea, he was cut down by enemy machine-gun fire.
   • If your attempt fails, the enemy will use the weapon he carries to cut you down.
   • She found a weapon that would cut him down quickly and cleanly.
   • Clenching his hands tightly in a ball, Erik tried with all his might to control his trembling, but failed, ‘He said that if I did not draw my weapon he would cut me down where I stood.’
   • The embarrassment for the US Army comes after they reported that he had died attacking a legion of better armed enemy combatants and had been issuing fire orders until he was cut down by enemy fire.

   Synonyms

   kill, slaughter, dispatch

4Make or form (something) by using a sharp tool to remove material.

工人们在管子上割出个洞。

1. 4.1 Make or design (a garment) in a particular way.
   裁剪（服装）
   an impeccably cut chalk-stripe suit

   裁剪完美的灰白条纹套装。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • I was wearing a black tank top and low cut faded blue jeans and I had a spike belt, leather watch and silver chain.
   • She arrived in a beautiful green gown, cut low in the bodice, tight in the waist, and with a flaring soft skirt.
   • To get the most out of your purchase, stick to classic cuts like waist and ¾ length.
   • The latest Nike collection for summer offers simple cut, practical design and more colours this year.
   • On one hand you ask if your socks should be the same colour as your shorts, then you ask if low cut socks are fashionable!
   • She designs and cuts every dress herself, and has a tailor and two helpers.
   • Dresses are sometimes cut on the biases, giving them that romantic gypsy flair.
   • I loved my bathing suit: a French cut bikini with a red and black checkerboard design.
   • Sara struggled into tight jeans and a low cut shirt that was also too tight.
   • My prospective sister-in-law was twenty years of age, wore tight mini skirts and low cut blouses.
   • Her cerulean wool suit, finely cut and quite modern, gave her a bit of a sophisticated air.
   • He also knows how to cut a killer coat, while still remaining true to his vision.
   • She was never associated with skimpy bathing suits, low cut gowns and short dresses.
   • The garment back pattern can now be cut on the fold, so alter the pattern cutting layout if necessary.
   • They power dress in stern, cut suits, usually in dark colours such as black, grey or navy.
   • In honor of her betrothal the neckline had been cut lower than she had ever worn before.
   • Most of the male swimmers continued to wear the traditional brief cut suits until just this year.
   • Man Power is a story of cool cut suits and separates that focus on strong masculine lines.
   • I had a low cut polo shirt along with a denim mini skirt and silver pumps.
   • In terms of style, my suggestion is to opt for a pair of jeans cut, boot fit leather pants.
2. 4.2 Make (a path, tunnel, or other route) by excavation, digging, or chopping.
   掘出，挖出，劈出（小径、隧道或其他通道）
   plans to cut a road through a rainforest

   拟在雨林中劈出一条路的计划。

   no object investigators called for a machete to cut through the bush

   调查人员叫人取来一把大砍刀在灌木丛中开路。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • When iconic images are tied to compelling content, they can still cut through our frenzied visual landscape
   • Sometimes a cave will cut through a headland to become a tunnel, opening out to become an arch, and when the arch eventually collapses a stack is left.
   • It needed some spinach, a few hot chillis, black olives, capers, something, anything, to cut through the cheese.
   • The first attempt to cut the Panama Canal was abandoned after thousands had died from yellow fever.
   • ‘It took us two hours to cut through the brambles to get to the house,’ she says.
   • Not a tree marred the landscape of endless yellow and there was no path cut through the jungle of grass.
   • They followed riverbeds and paths cut through the mountainous terrain for the Indonesian army.
   • The mayor could be independent of party politics, which would certainly cut through some of the backroom machinations.
   • Their outhalf scored a fine try on 30 minutes when they won a scrum against the head and he cut through the Port defence.
   • Head of the council's Road Design Office, Tim Fitzgerald, said the surveys involved cutting trenches near the route of the new highway to resolve any
   • The vinegar is a bit sharp and cuts through the other flavors.
   • He had found the path, cut through the forest, followed the trail of pebbles and watched the signs leading to nowhere.
   • A new road had been cut through the quarry wall to a tidy waterside quay.
   • Another twin-bore tunnel is being cut eastwards from Stratford to Dagenham.
   • Trees scratched at me as I cut through the branches, sweeping them from my path.
   • In past storms, it has taken up to three days just to cut through the drifts.
   • The round table sessions though, cut through theory and get to the heart of the issues surrounding theatre in Canada.
   • A bugle sounded loudly, cutting through the peaceful silence.
   • It was a formidable engineering feat, for the line had to be cut through 420 km.
   • Where the water had once come to an abrupt end at Failsworth, a new channel was cut through the path of the town's Co-op supermarket.
   • The 52 miles long main canal was cut from the Kennet and Avon at Semington to the Thames at Abingdon and was opened in 1810.

   Synonyms

   excavate, dig out, quarry, hollow out, scoop out, gouge out, bore, tunnel, burrow, mine, channel
3. 4.3 Make (a sound recording).
   录制（音响）
   Example sentencesExamples

   • Many singers and music directors are being roped in to cut the albums for political parties and potential candidates.
   • The performers posed for a photocall after cutting the single.
   • The single was cut in secret and sold 1.5 million copies within days of its release.
   • From what I’ve been able to dig up Turner cut the album in his home studio.
   • Even two songs cut with hot producer Gavin Brown and ace keyboardist Richard Bell are merely passable.
   • They signed a publishing deal and cut tracks with seven or eight producers, unable to find one that fit both of their styles.

   Synonyms

   record, make a recording of, put on disc, put on tape, make a tape of, tape-record

5Trim or reduce the length of (something, especially grass or a person's hair or fingernails) by using a sharp implement.

剪草坪。

将长了一整年的植物剪剩成约四片叶子。

6Reduce the amount or quantity of.

买主会努力讨价还价，压低中意房子的价钱。

我要减少糖的摄入量。

他们减低了成本。

该州通过一项法律来降低酒后驾车的频率。

纸张供应过剩使得利润减少。

1. 6.1 Abridge (a text, movie, or performance) by removing material.
   删节（文章，电影，表演）
   he had to cut unnecessary additions made to the opening scene

   他必须删去开场时不必要的附加部分。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • You lot do know that one of the key scenes was cut from the theatrical release, right?
   • But when something has to be cut, usually the jokes are cut out.
   • These excerpts were ultimately cut from the final script.
   • All I can say is that all the material that makes up this second film was cut out of the main film with good reason.
   • Much music was cut from Act Two, which only makes it seem more sporadic and disheveled than ever.
   • Scenes with a mechanical shark had to be cut, because it did not look believable enough.
   • The actor said he was ‘shocked’ to learn that his scenes have been cut out of the movie.
   • We mentioned the Make History Poverty campaign, which I gather was cut from the show when it was broadcast on TV.
   • They're nice set pieces, but it's easy to see why they were cut from the final print.
   • There were a few times when jokes were cut out of a rerun because, for example, they were about someone who had died since the show originally aired.
   • Funny how we are allowed to see really, really violent scenes, but swear words are cut out of other films.
   • By cutting some of these characters, the movie would have lost a few moments of hilarity, but gained a tighter, more streamlined feel.
   • She got me involved doing a lot of research and even had me to proof the piece when she had to cut a hundred words from it.
   • I wish that Paramount had included some of the scenes cut before the film reached theatres.
   • It was cut from the US versions, but the entire sequence is intact here for fans to finally see.
   • There were a bunch of things in the film that we cut, but we tried it and then looked at it with different people.
   • Both films' directors were out of the country when the studios involved cut the films sharply.
   • Yet the British Board of Film Classification is to give it just an 18, provided a scene is cut out where, in a flashback to his youth, the man is playing ‘doctors and nurses ‘with a girl of about six.’
   • I assume a large chunk of the two older actors was cut from the third act to make it move faster.
   • None of these is very funny, and it's easy to see why they were cut from the televised performance.

   Synonyms

   shorten, abridge, condense, abbreviate, truncate, pare down

   delete, remove, take out, edit out, excise, blue-pencil
2. 6.2Computing Delete (part of a text or other display) completely or so as to insert a copy of it elsewhere.
   〔计算机〕删除，剪切（文章等）。参见CUT AND PASTE
   See also cut and paste

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Better yet, any automation pattern can be cut, copied and pasted to any other clip or parameter.
   • Instead of editing, cutting and deleting my views from these pages, why not simply discuss by way of a reply.
   • There are stage-by-stage file copies too, so cutting and pasting from the next stage of the process into your working file makes things a lot simpler.
   • Pressing the cut or copy button will allow you to cut or copy any highlighted text or image.
   • But did you know you can copy, cut, close an application or scroll with just one click?
3. 6.3US (in sports) remove (a player) from a team's roster.
   Example sentencesExamples

   • Harden even tried out for Canada's junior national team before being cut for being too small.
   • Two of Brady's top four receivers in Sunday's win had been cut by other teams this season.
   • Primary backup duties go to Mike Cawley, a free agent who was cut by the team in training camp last year.
   • At one point, all five starters on the Dolphins offensive line had been cut by an NFL team.
   • Also picked is Rachel Sutherland, who was one of the players cut before the Sydney Olympics.
   • These charges came about after she had been cut by the coach, Gary Barnett.
   • That could force the team to cut Kerry Jonkins or Cosoy Coleman, who are both former starters.
   • Even more telling is the fact that less than 10 players have been cut or left the North Carolina team.
   • Were they thinking some other players would play poorly in the preseason and those guys could be cut?
   • Forcing all parties to wait until the month before training camps open doesn't help the team cutting the player, the player or the teams wanting to sign the player.
   • The only player who failed the conditioning test at training camp last year was cut.
   • I was walking down the hallway in the players' dorm to tell him he had been cut, and he started walking the other way.
   • She barnstormed with her team but tragically was cut just before the regular season started.
   • He was the last player cut from the U of M Bisons hockey team this year.
   • Roy has just been cut from the football team, has an estranged mother and an indifferent girlfriend.
   • Players quit too late for teams to react, and teams cut players too late to find other jobs.
   • In fact, the team considered cutting Northcutt during last offseason.
   • He did well with the Heat, but it seemed his NBA career might be over when he was cut after two years.
   • He only came out for football because he had heard that no one was ever cut from the team.
   • Coach Nick Saban also would like to sign a quarterback to push A.J. Feeley after the team cuts Jay Fiedler.
4. 6.4 End or interrupt the provision of (something, especially power or food supplies)
   切断（供给，尤指电力或食品）
   we resolved to cut oil supplies to territories controlled by the rebels

   我们决定切断叛乱者占领区的石油供应。

   if the pump develops a fault, the electrical supply is immediately cut off

   如果泵出了问题，电源会立即切断。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • He recounted an anecdote about an elderly council tenant who was left without any gas heating for three days after her supply was cut off in error.
   • And the government is afraid to screw around it with it to fix it, because if tings didn't go as planned, the government fears that its revenue would be cut off and it would go bankrupt.
   • We have about a one-month gap where my income will be cut off and so will my wife's,’ he said.
   • ‘How efficient,’ I thought when we received our notification stating our water would be cut off on October 21 and 22 for 34 hours, and advising us to store sufficient water, which we did.
   • How would you like to meet a student on a Monday morning who hasn't eaten since Saturday because his or her welfare was cut off?
   • In the meantime, troops have continued to impose a tightened siege on the area, and electricity and water supplies have been cut.
   • They would react by cutting off oil supplies to the West.
   • Small, hi-tech companies, by contrast, have little power, so their money can be cut off more easily.
   • Yesterday North Yorkshire Police warned people should not use the 999 number to call for help when their electricity was cut off because of flooding and gale force winds.
   • When their income is cut off, they cannot even feed themselves.
   • It was afraid of civil war cutting off its oil supplies.
   • This is of vital importance if you don't want to wake up one morning to find out that your benefit has been cut off, just as the rent is due to go out.
   • Department officials said they would be unable to process payments if the power supply was to be cut.
   • Libya has also supported British policy, cutting off oil supplies to the beleaguered regime.
   • It was used by Hitler during World War II when Germany had most of its oil supplies cut.
   • Ms Semple said yesterday the company may be able to continue its work even after its funds are cut off.
   • An inertia switch cuts off the flow of fuel to the engine in the event of a collision minimising the risk of fire.
   • Their gas was cut off for not paying a £140 bill.
   • Or maybe it was going to sue the federal government in case its funding was cut off.
   • They bullied their allies into cutting off supplies of fuel oil to the country in November.

   Synonyms

   discontinue, break off, suspend, interrupt
5. 6.5cut something off Block the usual means of access to a place.
   使隔绝
   the caves were cut off from the outside world by a landslide

   塌方使洞穴与外界隔绝。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • In addition to the ecological damage, all traffic to and from the ports have been blocked, essentially cutting the big apple off from the rest of the world.
   • Except on days when its roads are cut off by flooding, it takes about twenty minutes to drive the entire way around it.
   • He has just returned from Delhi where he works as a labourer and has no information about his parents as the areas are cut off.
   • Ask the wrong question or write something the White House doesn't like, and your access is cut off.
   • Formed by an almost continuous line of islands cutting off the ocean, it is full of circular islets covered with mangrove swamps and coconut palms.
   • Due to the digging work, the road has been blocked and all the approach ways to the houses have been cut off.
   • Mr Barker said the viability of the farm was damaged when much of its land was cut off by the construction of the Thirsk bypass in the 1970s.
   • Eventually, many spur lines were abandoned, cutting off the few surviving farmers from reasonable access to their markets.
   • A spokesperson for the local residents association is asking Kildare County Council to put a yellow box in place at the junction as their alternative route will be cut off.
   • A woman in labour was air-lifted from Ruatahuna to Rotorua Hospital, while about 30 people are cut off from civilisation in Ruatoki after access roads were washed out.
   • The convoy tried to retreat but its path had been cut off.
   • Just a month ago, their village was cut off by the worst floods to hit the region since records began.
   • But then the storm struck, un-forecast, vicious, and our escape was cut off.
   • An MP has stepped in over a row about price hikes which he says are cutting rural South Lakeland communities off from the 21st century, reports Andy Bloxham.
   • One of the ironies of the Union naval blockade was that the North cut itself off from the supply of raw cotton.
   • There are only a handful of Canadian waters closed to navigation by the Canadian Coast Guard, and one of those is Niagara Falls, Williams said, pointing out that it is mainly for public safety reasons that access is cut off.
6. 6.6 Switch off (an engine or a light).
   关闭（引擎，电灯）
   Example sentencesExamples

   • He was sixth for a long time, but lost the place after accidentally cutting off the engine whilst trying to de-mist his windscreen.
   • The boat turned in close and glided past, its engines cut.
   • I'm about to cut the light off when I see the studio portrait on top of the dresser.
   • Finally, he cut the two remaining engines, and they rolled silently to a stop.
   • Their engines, too, can be cut with the flick of a remote control switch.
   • After about 10 minutes, we would gather at the stern, the engines would be cut and the service would commence.

   Synonyms

   turn off, switch off, shut off, deactivate
7. 6.7North American Absent oneself deliberately from (something one should normally attend, especially school)
   〈主北美〉逃避，旷课
   Robert was cutting class

   罗德尼逃课了。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • He cuts classes and gets into fights.
   • Girls showed up for the photography workshop without fail, even when they cut school.
   • I got in trouble for cutting school, staying out late, lying about detention and lying about homework.
   • One problem is that after cutting class, the teenager faces powerful temptations to misbehave.

7informal Ignore or refuse to recognize (someone).

8(of a line) cross or intersect (another line)

此线与纵轴的交点。

1. 8.1cut acrossno object Pass or traverse, especially so as to shorten one's route.
   抄近道
   the following aircraft cut across to join him

   其后的飞机斜插过来与他会合。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • He followed her as she cut across the countryside instead of taking the path all the way.
   • Instead of going up to the front gate with the throng, we cut across and joined up with the other guards coming on duty with the brass band.
   • They then fly up the coast following the continental shelf edge to Brazil before cutting across the Atlantic to Western Africa and making a U-turn to the North America coastline.
   • Not only would the road pass close to their home, it would cut across the leafy private lane leading to the luxury barn conversion.
   • We follow a path through the Montezuma Basin, then cut across slopes of scree.
   • To calm myself, I'd taken the scenic route and cut across the park to reach school.
   • I cut across the large green, following Kyle until he stopped suddenly and sat down on the lawn.
   • In the fall, some birds cut across the Gulf of Alaska to shorten their trip south.
   • Not long after we left home we noticed a car following us with its lights turned off and so we cut across a park but about three men followed.
   • They stayed away from the trail, cutting across country, following animal tracks where they could to avoid unseen obstacles.
   • The roads follow these, sometimes cutting across dunes before rejoining the river.
   • I cut across one to see the man cross the street about a block down now so I leapt off the roof and to the street before and kept running after him.
   • Sweeps Ditch cuts across Watersplash Lane, and eventually joins the River Thames at Maidenhead.
   • On its northward journey it cut across Iraq south of Baghdad and followed the mountains north into Iraqi Kurdistan.
   • A lorry suddenly cut across the pavement on the Queen Elizabeth Bridge.
   • It is the choices we make from passing a car on the way to work to cutting across a field walking home.
2. 8.2cut acrossno object Have an effect regardless of (divisions or boundaries between groups)
   超越（间隔，界限）
   subcultures that cut across national and political boundaries

   越过民族和政治界限的亚文化群。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • But they do agree that the issue is about people, technology, agencies, radical elements and vested groups who have capabilities to generate terror cutting across all man made boundaries.
   • It is imperative for any development-oriented publication to cover thoughts from all sections cutting across the boundaries of religion, caste or creed.
   • While the forms it takes vary, it cuts across boundaries of creed, generation and race.
   • Competition law increasingly raises issues that cut across national and regional boundaries.
   • "It cuts across economic boundaries, " said Kenneth Rodriguez, a local businessman and chairman of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
   • An initiative targeting wildlife sanctuaries cutting across international boundaries hopes to replicate this success elsewhere.
   • Not only does it cut across Hindu ethnic barriers, it crosses a few Christian ones as well.
   • It is now cutting across ideological divisions among the major parties in Russia and it is likely to have an impact on the country's foreign policy in the long run.
   • We are all joined in an ancient and eternal union with humanity that cuts across all barriers of time, convention, philosophy and definition.
   • It is a broad theme that cuts across academic boundaries and builds linkages between disciplines to form a humanistic understanding of the many dimensions involved.
   • And there is enough in our shared capacity for pain and pleasure to make moral concerns cut across cultural boundaries.
   • Economic inequality, however, cuts across ethnic and cultural boundaries.
   • Many organisations will have soft power of their own as they attract citizens into coalitions that cut across national boundaries.
   • They understood, too, that appeals to racial pride are a dead end without a larger vision of economic justice that cuts across racial divisions.
   • That debate cut across all boundaries, be they family, social or political.
   • It is inclusive and democratic, cutting across boundaries of age, literacy, gender, and class.
   • Sport is a good vehicle in this context, as it cuts across the boundaries of nationality, race, religion, and culture.
   • That this same complaint is made by legions of girls in small towns and suburbs across America is just one of the reasons this film cuts across national and cultural boundaries so well.
   • The challenge is to find global solutions for a problem that cuts across national boundaries, cultures, societies and socio - economic strata.
   • It also cuts across ideological boundaries and disciplines.

   Synonyms

   transcend, go beyond, rise above
3. 8.3cut alongdated, informal no object Leave or move hurriedly.
   〈非正式，旧〉匆忙离开，转移
   you can cut along now

   你现在可以走了。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Cut along now. There's no time to lose.
   • ‘Cut along now to bed,’ he added gruffly; ‘we'll have to be up like larks to-morrow.’
   • I think we better be cutting along because we gotta be in Chicago by tomorrow night.

   Synonyms

   be quick, hurry up, move quickly, go fast, hasten, make haste, speed, speed up, lose no time, press on, push on, run, dash, rush, hurtle, dart, race, fly, flash, shoot, streak, bolt, bound, blast, charge, chase, career, scurry, scramble, scamper, scuttle, sprint, gallop, go hell for leather, go like lightning

9no object, often in imperative Stop filming or recording.

1. 9.1 Move to another shot in a movie.
   （电影）切换
   cut to a dentist's surgery

   切换到牙医诊室。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • I really hadn't been paying attention to the news, until they cut to a shot from the news chopper.
   • The action in the film cuts between the two sets of lovers.
   • The film keeps cutting back from the snow to the real-life protagonists as they relive their experience.
   • The film cuts immediately to Vera and her husband in a cinema, laughing at a comedy.
   • The film cuts to another shot, showing it without snow.
   • When the film cuts to the woman answering the phone, a new actress, wearing different clothes, is substituted in.
   • Near the end of Natural Born Killers, he cuts to a montage of real footage of well-known news events.
   • Then the film cuts to what we assume might be the dawn of the next morning.
   • Instead, the film cuts to some months ahead as Everett encounters Beechum at a local shopping mall.
   • Suddenly we cut to a boy playing football and - briefly at least - there was sound.
   • The shot cuts back to Hal, who looks bewildered, and glances back towards Rosemary.
   • France, a former Newsweek reporter, juggles dozens of story lines, cutting quickly from scene to scene to achieve cinematic momentum.
   • The film cuts back and forth, feeding us tiny bits of information in a curious fashion.
   • From here the film cuts to 1973 and William is a young teenager with an encyclopedic knowledge and appreciation of music.
   • Then, in a remarkable shot, we cut to her point of view of Ray sitting in the driver's seat.
   • The film cuts away before we can bear witness to the crime.
   • Leigh cuts away and ends the scene before Vera says anything, suggesting there's not much that she could have said.
   • For example, if a character is tracking the inward flight of an asteroid on a radar screen, we cut to a shot of the radar screen.
   • The film cuts to a flashback of Susan aged four drawing with a blue crayon.
   • But then we cut to another, calamitous stage in their relationship.
2. 9.2with object Make (a movie) into a coherent whole by removing parts or placing them in a different order.
   剪辑（电影）
   Example sentencesExamples

   • As we speak he is cutting his 18th feature film.
   • They cut all these pieces together and made it look like a big orgy.
   • Frankly, when I was cutting the movie, it was so great to be able to cut from good fun stuff with Eva and Will and then jump to scenes with Kevin and Will.
   • Movies written, set and shot in Scotland are sent elsewhere to be cut, printed and marketed.
   • He also continues to cut on film, a noticeable deviation from the industry standard of nonlinear digital editing.
   • We did the interviews separately then cut them when we knew what the story was going to be about.
   • Davies has an edit suite at home and cuts together match footage to analyse.
   • She also talked about how the movie was cut so that it wouldn't be as bloody.
   • I shot 150 hours of material and spent seven months cutting the film.

10Divide (a pack of playing cards) by lifting a portion from the top, either to reveal or draw a card at random or to place the top portion under the bottom portion.

11Golf
Slice (the ball).

12Adulterate (a drug) or dilute (alcohol) by mixing it with another substance.

掺了鼠药的兴奋剂。

13cut itNorth American informal Come up to expectations; meet requirements.

这个CD播放器不太符合要求。

1A stroke or blow given by a sharp-edged implement or by a whip or cane.

他可以只动一刀就把动物的皮剥下来。

1. 1.1in singular A haircut.
   理发
   his hair was in need of a cut

   他的头发要剪了。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Swindonians were given a cut, brush and blow dry at the weekend to raise money for charity.
   • I was first introduced to Reiki some eight years ago, sitting in the hairdressers having a cut and blow dry.
   • After the cream had spent its time in my hair and was washed out, they decided that my hair would need a cut.
   • I have let it go years without a proper cut because I just don't know what to do with it.
   • Stylish ladies could get a cut and perm at Southampton department store Owen Owens for £16.30.
   • A cut, shampoo and set would take about an hour, and a perm would take two hours.
   • I went along to the spacious Studio in Edinburgh for a cut and colour to find out.
   • Daniel has just opened his own salon in Birstall and he is now offering Bradford City fans the chance to bid for a cut and blow dry or restyling.
   • He is now doing his bit to ensure his former club survives by offering a free cut and blow dry or restyling session.

   Synonyms

   haircut, trim, clip, crop
2. 1.2 A reduction in amount or size.
   （数量或尺寸上的）削减
   she took a 20% pay cut

   她的薪金减了20%。

   a cut in interest rates

   利率的降低。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Any job cuts are a blow but the company has got to do something, I understand that even if I'm not happy with it.
   • The cuts have been considered as part of an internal review in the face of falling student applications for some courses.
   • The tax cuts are looking awfully effective at the moment.
   • All three central banks in the United States, Britain and Europe announced half-point interest rate cuts.
   • Maybe some people think that cuts at the museum would be less damaging than cuts elsewhere.
   • When most motorists have a genuine and convenient public transport alternative for their journey, that is the time to implement car park cuts.
   • Such extreme cuts along with rises in council tax could cause friction between the council and the government.
   • The law ordered striking hospital employees back to work with a 15 per cent pay cut.
   • The total amount of budget cuts runs to just over £900,000.
   • There will be more swingeing job cuts, and this is bound to have an impact on consumer confidence.
   • The most outrageous thing about the budget is to call for permanent tax cuts, which don't even show up in your five-year budget.
   • The only thing that is certain is that if the university does not expand deep budget cuts are inevitable.
   • The bulk of the Government's regional funding cuts were announced last month in the mid-year economic review.
   • However, staff cuts should be considered only when all else fails.
   • The company will have 4,600 employees after the cuts are implemented.
   • The company is also demanding a 10 percent across-the-board pay cut and reduction in benefits for those employees kept on.
   • For a health care system already on life support due to extreme budget cuts, the extraction of $500,000,000 dollars would be the death knell.
   • Any price cuts would be implemented from April, according to the newspaper.
   • Protests are inevitable once proposed massive cuts in education, health care, welfare and transportation sink in.
   • Soaring debt - which at one stage was predicted to reach £11m - has led to a series of cuts ranging from ward closures to stopping snacks for patients.

   Synonyms

   reduction, cutback, decrease, retrenchment, lessening, curtailment
3. 1.3 (in sports) a removal of a player from a team's roster.
   Example sentencesExamples

   • The team probably will wait until teams make their final roster cuts before making a move.
   • Each team has one, and he'll do his dirty work as teams make their final roster cuts Sunday, from 65 players to 53.
   • Most WNBA teams make their first cuts the second or third day of the camp.
   • This is for younger guys on the team and minor leaguers who are on the roster but will be sent down at the first cut.
4. 1.4 An act of removing part of a play, movie, or book, especially to shorten the work or to delete offensive material.
   （对戏剧、电影或书的）删减（尤其是为了缩短或删去冒犯性内容）
   they would not publish the book unless the author was willing to make cuts

   除非作者愿意删节，否则他们是不会出版这部书的。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Secondly, Quentin Tarantino needs a new editor - someone who can convince him to make the really hard cuts.
   • Obviously there have been cuts, in both characters and scenes, but what is important is that the very essence of the play, its most salient points, are preserved.
   • Baird, of course, takes the Berman stance and agrees with the cuts made to the film.
   • After heavy cuts, the film was released by Hammer in August of 1962; it did not reach the US until July 1965, as the bottom half of a double bill.
   • The BBC then appeared to go back to the start of the season, select those episodes that required slightly more cuts and show these in a later slot.
   • After the film has been edited and completed for release in India it has to go through the censor board, where they can also make cuts.
   • This is also down to the editing style of Walter Murch who prefers to only make cuts when absolutely necessary.
   • They were smart cuts from the film, but they are definitely interesting to watch today.
   • Since then, they have reached a compromise, wherein the director agreed to make cuts but was allowed several days of reshoots to make the flow to his satisfaction.
   • However, Solondz himself made cuts to the film that no one will ever see.
   • The play is a little overlong and would benefit from cuts, but each scene is interesting and changes are smoothly executed.

   Synonyms

   leaving out, exclusion, exception, non-inclusion, deletion, erasure, excision, elimination, absence
5. 1.5 An immediate transition from one scene to another in a movie.
   （场景的）切换
   Example sentencesExamples

   • In the earlier film, a cut or a fade to black made minutes or even hours disappear.
   • It allows us to constantly check the scene against one character's reactions to the scene, without distracting cuts or pans.
   • Set in an abandoned mine, the work features rapid-fire cuts and scene changes that give it a breathless, surrealistic bite.
   • Harris' use of unconventional camera angles and quick cuts invigorates these scenes.
   • Most scenes are shot as one continuous take, with cuts taking place only where changes in location necessitate them.
   • Quick cuts between scenes stitch the boarding house residents' stories together, giving a sense of the whole without dwelling on any single individual.
   • The quick cuts make the film seem more episodic than it need be, with each ‘episode’ focusing on one or two vengeful acts.
   • Those directors shot a lot of their numbers without any cuts, and I wanted to bring that to this film.
   • Instead of underlining the drama with music or emphatic cuts, the film takes a dry, laconic approach.
   • Jewison allows the actors to set the tone through long takes rather than forcing the scene through rapid cuts.
   • Too bad also that Marshall directs Chicago like he's still working in television: all quick cuts and close-ups, no breadth.
   • It can be a beautiful shot that works for the entire scene without any additional cuts if necessary.
   • In most films the cuts would not be so sudden - there would be transition shots of movement to ease the eye.
   • The way this scene is done, with very few cuts, is one of the most intense scenes in cinema, as you're watching the end unfold mysteriously.
   • There aren't many cuts - often a scene will take place before us in one shot, with the camera serenely gliding from one side of a room to the other.
   • The editing, however, is poor: abrupt cuts between long, static shots.
   • Another common stylistic pattern used is that of a quick series of fast cuts of a scene, sometimes repeating parts of it.
   • There is then an abrupt cut to a graveyard where two brothers meet, after a long separation, for the burial of their father.
   • Also, the pacing of the scenes - when the cuts come, often late and after a period of nothing happening - is very much like a piece of anime.
6. 1.6Golf The halfway point of a golf tournament, where half of the players are eliminated.
   〔高尔夫〕（比赛）半程
   Example sentencesExamples

   • Although none of them feature on the leaderboard, it was a productive day for eight of the nine Scots who made the halfway cut.
   • He had survived the halfway cut with nothing to spare at level par.
   • He didn't have a top 30 finish in any of the four last season and he missed the halfway cut at the Masters last month.
   • Since making several radical changes to clubs and his mental preparation, he has barely missed a tournament cut.
   • And the good thing is the tournament is a seventy-two hole event with no cut!
7. 1.7Tennis Cricket A stroke made with a sharp horizontal or downward action of the racket, imparting spin.
   〔网球，板球〕削球；切球
   Example sentencesExamples

   • He played some elegant straight bat drives, and he also played some beautiful horizontal bat cuts.
   • Gayle, usually the flamboyant strokemaker, played a subdued innings with only rare sightings of his trademark drives and cuts.
   • He is strong off the back, utilising hooks and cuts to great effect.
   • They adapted to the variable bounce, and then launched into the bowlers in a flurry of cuts, sweeps, drives and lofts over the infield.
   • Martin seemed in more trouble when he dropped short and Gilchrist aimed a cut.

2A long, narrow incision in the skin made by something sharp.

1. 2.1 A long, narrow opening or incision made in a surface or piece of material.
   划口
   make a single cut along the top of each potato

   在每个土豆上部划个口。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Also, it is extremely important to ensure the rotating band is secure on the projectile and that there are no cuts, dents, or excessive rust on the band.
   • Score the surface with shallow cuts to makes six or eight wedges each.
   • This causes the dough to expand rapidly, the cuts on top opening to give the leaf-shaped scars typical of these loaves.
   • While a person is feeling the tread, the entire tire should also be inspected for such safety-related damage as cuts, cracks, blisters, or bulges.
   • Rub the pork rind with olive oil, thyme and sea salt, smearing it into the scored cuts, and place the pork on a rack in the roasting tray.
   • Check tyres for damage, looking out for any cuts, cracks or bulges, as these can lead to slow punctures and blowouts.
   • Also, if cuts are present in the tyre wall, the tyre can be weakened, making it dangerous.
2. 2.2 A piece of meat cut from a carcass.
   （从屠宰后的动物躯体上割下的）肉块
   a good lean cut of beef

   一块好的瘦牛肉。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Do you like aged prime cuts of beef that are exceptionally well prepared?
   • The options for main courses were dominated in my mind by the open fridge piled high with succulent cuts of red meat.
   • If you've got the time, foods such as eggs, poultry, fish, and lean cuts of red meat are excellent sources of complete protein.
   • As the types of meat were as likely to be lower quality animals, methods were needed to help tenderize the tougher cuts of meat.
   • For beef, good casserole cuts are shin, brisket, neck, topside, thick flank or shoulder.
   • Larger cuts of meat may be placed in raw marinades for an extended period of time but are typically left in the marinades for several hours or overnight.
   • Less tender cuts - stew meat, riblets and shanks - are tenderized by cooking with moist heat, such as braising and stewing.
   • Choosing lean cuts of meat and trimming off the visible fat are easy ways to avoid this problem.
   • If you can't get hold of veal, use stewing cuts of beef instead.
   • If you're concerned about the amount of fat you take in, choose leaner cuts, cook the meat longer and concentrate more on chicken and turkey.
   • And I did appreciate that you started letting in boneless cuts of beef.
   • Filco will now be selling prime cuts and a full range of roasting cuts, as well as looking at Celtic Pride added-value products like sausages and burgers.
   • Look for lean cuts of these meats with minimal visible fat.
   • Fatty cuts of meat and processed meats are among meats high in saturated fat.
   • And I love slow-stewed and braised dishes made from the less lovely cuts of meat.
   • It's better to stick to lean cuts of red meat, white meat or fish.
   • For example, add lean cuts of red meat or dark poultry to your meals on a regular basis.
   • Halfway through a king size cut of steak she seemed to make progress toward sobriety.
   • There is even a full-time butcher, preparing the cuts of meat from carcass.
   • Before my eyes I was shocked to see that whichever child screamed and cried the loudest was rewarded with the choice cuts from a smiling dad.

   Synonyms

   joint, piece, section, bit
3. 2.3informal in singular A share of the profits from something.
   〈非正式〉一份利润
   the directors are demanding their cut

   董事们要求得到他们的那份利润。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The stars also get a cut of the profits from the show being re-sold and from the sale of videos and DVDs.
   • Every time Maxwell closed a deal he got a cut, and this book traces the money trail better than any previous efforts.
   • I am just waiting for my cut, I do have a family at home to feed.
   • He wants Jenny to babysit the fugitives in return for a cut of the book's proceeds.
   • We could all do with a few quid, so if we do get any money, my cut will come my way.
   • Meanwhile, back in reality, I deserve a cut of the firm's profits for the forthcoming financial year.
   • Each site that sells a track or an album will receive a cut of the profits from the transaction.
   • She has made a deal to let two greasy thugs grow pot on their farmland in exchange for a cut of the profits.
   • Lastly, please remember to allocate me a cut of the profits when you claim the Nobel Prize for Literature.
   • Muley says the owners are not making money and need the tenants' cut of the profits.
   • He wants me to sell his designs and, in turn, I'll get a cut of the profits, as well as a basic minimum wage.
   • We get a cut on any books that you buy, of course.
   • Did I mention that I am not only a middleman, but I am taking a cut for doing absolutely nothing.
   • I just wonder if Stewart was serious about plans for his cut of the race purse.
   • When Kev and Mike come bearing gifts, they want to flog them down their local, promising the barmaid a cut of the profits.
   • Yet there is a good chance that if you go to a concert this year, Aiken will be getting a cut of the profits.
   • More likely they'd drive me to the recycling center to cash in my cans, and then demand a cut of the profit.
   • Work the angle, play your part in the con, get your cut and then get out.
   • He controlled the cops and didn't mind violating the 18th Amendment as long as he got his cut.
   • I will agree that it is good business practice to give employees a cut of profits.

   Synonyms

   share, portion, bit, quota, percentage
4. 2.4 A recording of a piece of music.
   （录制的）乐曲
   a cut from his forthcoming album

   他即将发行的唱片集里的一首。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The album compiles all of the most important cuts from not only the three Rockville records, but includes material from Anodyne.
   • The weakest cuts on the album are the ones in which the singer imitates Sinatra most closely.
   • But the rest of the album fails to match that standard, flitting between macho, testosterone-driven rock cuts and wimpy, doey-eyed ballads.
   • You've mentioned that recording the band's cuts was a stop and start process.
   • Soul Jazz operates both as a label and a retail outlet, sourcing rare reggae and funk cuts and pressing them up on a series of acclaimed albums.
   • The first hour of their set was a perfect mix of singles and lesser-known cuts that flowed along extremely well.
   • As previously mentioned, there are a few excellent cuts.
   • Disc two is a compilation of unreleased studio tracks, live cuts and demos.
   • If anything, the beats seem more muscular, the cuts and plucks sharper, the overall sound more persuasive.
   • With a back catalogue as long as Weller's, its surprising that a collection of rare cuts, cover versions and re-mixes hasn't been seen before.
   • Ohia fans are mostly just about the hits, so a few recent album cuts make the setlist as well.
   • This seven incher featuring four cuts taken from a radio session recorded for a Texas based radio show.
   • Jackson compiled the roughest, most thrilling cuts these bands had created on the essential Channel 1 collection.
   • At 18 songs, this compilation runs long, and some of the latter cuts fall flat.
   • This being a tribute record, all the cuts don't work.
   • Curiously more than a fair number of covers creep in, but eventually the band warm up to some classic cuts from their album.
   • But the sad fact is, the rest of this album's cuts are lifeless husks by comparison.
   • With a solid selection of new cuts, they released another critically acclaimed album, ‘The Photo Album’ the next year.
   • This fifth instalment features 18 cuts from the world of indie/dream pop.
   • On the instrumental cuts, he seems less aggressive and almost a little less ambitious with his melodies and drum programming.
5. 2.5 A version of a movie after editing.
   剪辑
   the director's cut

   导演的剪辑。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • I think it would have been a better choice to keep this scene in the final cut of the film.
   • All were rightly left out of the new cut of the film, but it's cool they're included here.
   • Disc two contains not only the theatrical cut of the film but also all of the other extra features.
   • Overseas cuts of the film ran some ten minutes longer.
   • Get the extended director's cut with original German dialogue, if you can.
   • The director's cut of the film, on the other hand, leaves little room for laughter.
   • And all that's left is an early director's cut of a promising movie that desperately needs editing.
   • All parties seem to have something to contribute, and each seem pleased with the final cut of the film.
   • If you have never seen the actual cut of this film, I encourage you to do so.
   • In television cuts of the film, there are tons of alternate takes and extended gags.
   • Then when it comes time for the final cut, each scene can be taken and placed into the complete film.
   • I am surprised to report that a few of these scenes may have actually added something to the final cut of the film.
   • None of these scenes and extensions would have added anything weighty to the final cut of the film.
   • Nothing they did during filming was deemed too over the top for the final cut.
   • The most striking of these is an interactive method of comparing the final cut of the film with what I take to be the shooting script.
   • Any element of fright that may have been in the screenplay is long gone in the final cut of the film.
   • I didn't like ' Aliens' until I saw the director's cut.
   • The resulting film was so unsettling that it took half a century for the original cut of the film to be shown.
   • Most of these are just scene extensions that were justifiably trimmed from the final cut of the film.
   • Next up is a batch of sixteen deleted scenes from the original cut of the film.
6. 2.6 A passage cut or dug out, as a railroad cutting or a new channel made for a river or other waterway.
   （铁路）路堑；河道
   Example sentencesExamples

   • Operations in the 1940s consisted of a large open pit with smaller cuts and several tunnels.
   • Towards the harbour, fenestration is contained in two strips of deeply-set, horizontal cuts.
   • I had assumed that the Broads would be broad - so was unprepared for far too many of the cuts, dykes and rivers having the dimensions and floorplan of supermarket aisles.
   • The aqueduct begins at Chadwell Spring, near Ware in Hertfordshire, and is soon joined by a cut from the River Lea.
7. 2.7 A woodcut.
   Example sentencesExamples

   • The work consists of forty leaves, of a small folio size, each leaf containing a cut in wood.

3A wounding remark or act.

他对伊莎白的最大伤害就是说她无情。

4in singular The way or style in which something, especially a garment, is cut.

他那裁剪雅致的无尾礼服。