cut out
动词 v.
形容词 adj.
英文释义
动词 v.
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, out. To sever from something larger, with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument.
— Cut out the letters and paste them on the poster.
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To refrain from (doing something, using something etc.), to stop or cease (doing something).
— He had to cut out smoking in order to be prepared for the marathon.
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To remove; to omit.
— If we cut out the middle-man, we will both have better profits.
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To oust; to replace.
— […] cut him out in the affections of his lady-love!
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To separate (an animal) from the herd.
— There was little fear that the navigator of the captured Osprey, the man who had lived in Chile and "cut out" cattle on the Carrum Plains, would prove lacking in knowledge of riding, seamanship, or Spanish customs.
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To stop working, to switch off; (of a person on the telephone etc.) to be inaudible, be disconnected.
— It was around then that the engine suddenly cut out.
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To leave suddenly.
— He must have cut out of the party.
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To arrange or prepare.
— He has his work cut out for him.
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To intercept.
— As lax as the visitors' defence was, Blackpool's backline was solid. In the first half the Seasiders cut out final balls to Meireles, one of Liverpool's best players, on two occasions and after the break the brilliant Craig Cathcart got enough on his headed clearance to prevent Torres from planting into the net at the far post.
- To take a ship out of a harbor etc. by getting between her and the shore.
- To serve time in prison as an alternative to paying fines.
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To spend (money).
— After the flicks, Les and I cut out what was left of the cone money on a milkshake.
形容词 adj.
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Well suited; appropriate; fit for a particular activity or purpose.
— I'm not really cut out for camping outdoors. I'm allergic to mosquito bites.
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