Word · CEFR A1 · Frequency #541
cut
切;割
to make an opening or wound in something with a sharp edge
- 1.
To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
切割,切入某物表面
- 2.
To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.
允许切割或分割;屈服于切割工具
- 3.
To separate, remove, reject or reduce.
分离、移除、拒绝或减少
- 4.
To ignore as a social rebuff or snub.
作为社交冷落或怠慢而忽视
- 5.
To make an abrupt transition from one scene or image to another.
从一个场景或图像突然过渡到另一个
- 6.
To edit a film by selecting takes from original footage.
通过从原始素材中选择镜头来剪辑电影。
- 7.
To remove (text, a picture, etc.) and place in memory in order to paste at a later time.
将(文本、图片等)剪切并存入内存以便日后粘贴。
- 8.
To enter a queue in the wrong place.
插队。
- 9.
To intersect or cross in such a way as to divide in half or nearly so.
相交或交叉以分成两半或几乎两半。
- 10.
To make the ball spin sideways by running one's fingers down the side of the ball while bowling it.
在投球时用手指沿球侧下滑使球侧旋。
- 11.
To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat.
用球拍切球将(投出的球)挡向外场。
- 12.
To change direction suddenly.
突然改变方向。
- 13.
To divide a pack of playing cards into two parts, often followed by placing the two parts back together in the opposite order.
将一副扑克牌分成两部分,通常随后将两部分按相反顺序合在一起。
- 14.
To exhibit (a figure having some trait).
展现(具有某种特征的图形)。
- 15.
To stop, disengage, or cease.
停止、脱离或终止。
- 16.
To renounce or give up.
放弃或抛弃。
- 17.
To drive (a ball) to one side, as by (in billiards or croquet) hitting it fine with another ball, or (in tennis) striking it with the racket inclined.
将(球)击向一侧,如在台球或槌球中轻擦另一球,或在网球中斜拍击球。
- 18.
To lose body mass, aiming to keep muscle but lose body fat.
减重,旨在保持肌肉但减少体脂。
- 19.
To perform (an elaborate dancing movement etc.).
表演(复杂的舞蹈动作等)。
好切;易切开;削减;删减;剔除;剪切;切换;剪辑
In use
She cut the cake into eight pieces.
Be careful not to cut yourself with that knife.
He cut the paper along the dotted line.
Verb forms
base cut · third person cuts · -ing cutting · past cut · past participle cut
不规则动词,过去式和过去分词与原形相同。
Connections
Collocations
- cut costs
- 削减成本
- The company had to cut costs to stay in business.公司不得不削减成本以维持经营。
- cut in half
- 切成两半
- She cut the apple in half.她把苹果切成两半。
- cut off
- 切断;断绝
- The storm cut off the village's electricity.暴风雨切断了村庄的电力。
- cut down on
- 减少(使用或消费)
- The doctor told me to cut down on sugar.医生让我减少糖的摄入。
- cut in line
- 插队
- He was angry because someone cut in line.他很生气,因为有人插队。
- cut and paste
- 剪切粘贴
Learner notes
Memory Tip
cut音似“卡特”,记住卡特切蛋糕的动作,就是切/割。
Context & Register
语域:neutral 常见场景:烹饪备餐、手工制作、日常对话 该词为中性常用动词,通常用于日常描述切割、剪切等具体动作,在非正式场合也较常见;具体含义需根据宾语和语境判断。
Grammar Note
不规则动词,过去式和过去分词均为 cut;可作及物或不及物动词。
Pronunciation & Spelling
真正与 cut /kʌt/ 押韵(重读元音和后续辅音相同)的词有 but /bʌt/、hut /hʌt/、nut /nʌt/、gut /ɡʌt/。注意拼写相似的 lookalike:put /pʊt/ 的 u 发 /ʊ/,cute /kjuːt/ 多了一个不发音的 e,发音为 /juː/,这两个词都不与 cut 押韵。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇,值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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