cutthroat

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈkʌtθɹəʊt/    美 /ˈkʌtθɹoʊt/|/ˈkɐtθɹəʉt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A murderer who slits the throats of victims. countable,uncountable
  2. An unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person. countable,uncountable
    — The jail had not housed a white criminal in over four years, and there is seldom a prisoner of any kind, the Sheriff being a lazy no-good, prone to take his ease with a bottle of liquor, and let trouble-makers and thieves, even the most dangerous type of cutthroats, run free and wild.
  3. A three-player pocket billiards game where the object is to be the last player with at least one ball still on the table. uncountable
  4. Ellipsis of cutthroat compound (“an agentive-instrumental verb-noun compound word”). abbreviation,alt-of,countable,ellipsis,uncountable
    — Children go through a phase of compound acquisition in which they invent cutthroats spontaneously before dropping the habit again.
形容词 adj.
  1. Involving the cutting of throats.
  2. Of or relating to a card game where everyone plays for him or herself rather than playing with a partner.
    — He found that playing cutthroat Spades was much more difficult than playing with a partner.
  3. Ruthlessly competitive, dog-eat-dog.
    — Law is a cutthroat business, you always have to look out to see who is trying to outdo you.

词形变化

cutthroats plural cut-throat alternative cut throat alternative more cutthroat comparative most cutthroat superlative cut-throat alternative cut throat alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
cutthroat razor cutthroat trout
相关词
cutthroat eel

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English cut
English throat
English cutthroat
From cut + throat.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English cut
English throat
English cutthroat
From cut + throat.
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