undercut

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A cut made in the lower part of something; the material so removed.
  2. The notch cut in a tree to direct its fall when being felled.
  3. The underside of a sirloin of beef; the fillet.
  4. A hairstyle that is shaved or clipped short on the sides and kept long on the top.
    — Maybe it’s true that “the Left can’t meme,” if “the Left” refers to the earnest suburban revolutionary with an undercut and a nose ring who typically stalks your replies on X.
  5. A blow dealt upward.
  6. A section of a mold or pattern with negative draft angle
  7. A pit stop strategy in which a driver seeks to gain an advantage over someone by pitting before them and using fresh tyres to make up time.
  8. The continuation of the saddle of a rabbit's coat toward the front legs.
动词 v.
  1. To sell (something) at a lower price, or to work for lower wages, than a competitor.
    — The fact that, to cover low tariffs on bulk commodities, the railways have to charge very high rates on high-value goods, such as manufactures, has provided road operators with a golden opportunity to undercut the railway.
  2. To create an overhang by cutting away material from underneath.
  3. To undermine.
    — Though Bane’s sing-song voice gives his pronouncements a funny lilt, he doesn’t have any of the Joker’s deranged wit, and Nolan isn’t interested in undercutting his seriousness for the sake of a breezier entertainment.
  4. To strike a heavy blow upward.
  5. To employ the undercut strategy.
  6. To downplay or minimize.
    — This was a very generous way of describing the swarm of cables, kit-bashed thaumatic cores, Noogenic foci and para-technological inverters, all surrounded by an astoundingly complex cognitohazardous sigil and multiple ontological anchors. This, simultaneously, simplified the interdisciplinary effort that had swelled in a miniscule amount of time, and undercut the sheer conceptual impact this could leave in all of their respective fields.
形容词 adj.
  1. Produced by undercutting. not-comparable
  2. Designed so as to cut from the underside. not-comparable
  3. Having the parts in relief cut under. not-comparable

词形变化

undercuts plural undercuts present,singular,third-person undercutting participle,present undercut participle,past undercut past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English undercutten, equivalent to under- + cut.
词源 2
From Middle English undercutten, equivalent to under- + cut.
词源 3
From Middle English undercutten, equivalent to under- + cut.
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