HOLE 开口 2 a hole or an opening in sth, made with sth
sharp (锋利物留下的）开口，破口 ： [Tsing sharp scissors,
make a smaH cut in the materiai.用锋利的剪力
在这块布料上剪一个小口。
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REDUCTION 削减 3 〜（in sth) a reduction in amount, size, supply,
etc.(数量、尺寸、供应等的，）削减，减少，
缩减：price/tcw/job cuts 减价；减税；裁员◊ They had to
tafce a 20% cut in pay.他们不得不接受减薪20%。◊ They announced cuts fn pubZic spending•他们宣布缩减公
共并支。一see also power cut, short cut
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OF HAIR 头发 4 [usually sing.] an act of cutting sb’s hair; the
style in which it is cut 3发；发型：Ybur hafr couW do with a cut (= it
is too longj.你该理发了。◊ a cut and Wow-dry 理发带吹风 _ see also buzz cut
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OF CLOTHING 服泰 5 [usually sing.] the shape and style that a piece of
clothing has because of the way the cloth is cut 款式；式样：the elegant cut of her dress 她 的连衣裙的典雅款式
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SHARE OF MONEY 钱的.份额 6 a share in sth，especially money (尤指钱的）份，份额：77iey were rewarded with a cut o/5%/ir〇m t/ie pro/its.他们得到了 占利润 5% 份额的酬报。
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OF MOVIE/PLAY，ETC.电影、戏剧等 7 〜（in sth) an act of removing part of a
film/movie, play, piece of writing, etc.删剪；删节：The director objected to the cuts ordered by the
censor.导演反对按审査员的指令作删剪。
0 She made some cuts before handing over the
finished m>ve〖.她交定稿之前对小说作了一些删节。
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MEAT 肉 8 a piece of meat cut from an animal (■从动物 躯体上）割下的一块肉：a Zean cut
o/porfc —块瘦猪吳◊ cheap cute 〇/stewing
Zamb 廉价的喊单肉■块一see also
COLD CUTS
IIMI a cut above sb/sth better than sb/sth 优于；比… 高一等胜…一筹：His latest novel is a
cut above the rest.他最近出版的小说比其他的小说都好。the cut and thrust (of
sth) (6r£) the lively or aggressive way that sth is
done 激烈交.锋：the cut and thrust of
political debate政治@论中的唇枪舌剑
,cut
and 'dried
adj. [not usually before noun] decided in a way that
cannot be changed or argued about 已成定
局；木赛寒改.：The inquiry is by no means cut and dried.
调查之事运未盖棺定论。
cu-ta-ne-ous /kju'teinias/ adj. {anatomy M) connected with the skin
皮肤（上）^ cut-away /'kAtawei/ adj., noun
_
at//
[only before noun] (of a model or diagram 模型或图表）
with
some outside parts left out, in order to show what th年 inside looks like 咅ij 面的：a cutaway picture 〇/ the fndde o/a nucZear
reactor铨反应堆内部的音j面图 ■ /iow/i 1 (espec/’fl")/ 〜（to sb/sth) (on television, in a film/movie,
etc.电视、电_等中）a picture that shows sth different from the main thing
that is being shown 切出镜头：There was a cutaway to
Jackson^ guest on the podfum•镜头切换到了台上杰克逊的一位客人。
2 a model or diagram with some outside parts
left out, in order to show what the inside looks like 咅丨j面模型；
剖面图 3 (A/Am£) = MORNING COAT cut-back /'kAtbaek/ noun [usually pi.] ^ (in
sth) a reduc- tion in sth 削减；缩减；减少：cutbacks m pubZic spending公娃扣羑的鈿减◊ staj^ cutbacks裁员 cute /kju:t/
adj. (cuter, cutest) 1 pretty and attractive 爱的；漂亮迷人的：a cute h’trte baby逗人喜爱的小宝宝 O (8r£) an unbearably cute
picture of two kittens (— it seems SENTIMENTAL)让人爱得不得了的两只小猫的图片
2 (/>7/om7fl/，espec/a//y AMm£) sexually _ attractive
有性吸 引力的；性感的：Checfc out those cute guys. over there/ —那 那些性螽的家伙！ 3
(，>7/om7fl/，espec/fl//y clever, sometimes in an annoying way
because a person is trying to get an advantage for him or herself 精明的；机A的：She had a reaHy cute idea•她有一个精 明地顶的±悬<j ◊ Dcrn’t get
cute with me/别跟我耍滑
，头！ cutely
刀办.：.to smrte cutdy 可爱地一.笑 cuteness
nown
[U]
cutesy /'kjuitsi/ adj. {informal) too pretty or
attractive in a way that is annoying .or not realistic.矫揉造作的；伍
怩作态的
•
cut ’.glass /7〇wA7.[urglass with patterns
cut in it 雕花玻
璃；刻花玻璃：a cut-gkws vase雕花玻璃花瓶一picture O GLASS
| 495 cut-in
cut-ide
/'kjuitikl/
noun an area of hard skin
at the base of the nails on die fingers and toes_ (手指甲或脚指甲根 部的）甲小皮一picture 〇 body cutie /'kjuiti/ noun {informal) a person who is attractive or kind俏人儿；大好人：He’s a reai curie.他这个人真 有魅力。
'cut-in noun a scene in a film/movie which has been put between
two parts of another scene (电影中的入
镜头
SYNONYMS同义词辨析 cut
slash ♦ cut back ♦ scale back ♦ rationalize ♦ downsize
These words
all mean to reduce the amount or size of sth, especially of an amount of money
or a business.
议上各词场含减少、缩小之义，尤指削减经费、缩减
生奪。
ctlt to reduce sth, especially an amount of money that is demanded, spent,
earned, etc. or the size of a business指削减、缩减、裁减(尤指经费、开支、
收入或生意规模）：7/je fV-es/t/enf has
prom/set/ to cwf tflxess/gmy/cfl/jf/y.总统承诺大幅度减税。◊ ewyers will bargain hard to cut the cost of the
house they 买主会竭力讨价还价以压低他们想买的房子的
价格。◊ His safary has been cut by ten per
cent.他的'
薪金减少了百分之十。◊ CowW yow cwt yowr from 5 000 to 3 000 words?请把你的文章从5
000字 删减至3 000字好吗？
slasih [often passive] (rather
informal) (often used in newspapers) to
reduce sth by a large amount
(常用于报章）指大幅度削减、大大降低： workforce
has been slashed by half.职工人数裁减了
一半。 …
cut sth back/cut back on sth to reduce sth, especially an amount of
money or business 指削减、：
缩减、裁减（尤指经费或生意>:We
to cut pradwrt/cw.我_只得減产6 scale sth back (especially NArhE or business) to reduce sth, especially an
amount of money or business指削减、缩减、裁减(尤指经费或生兼）：
The
IMF has scaled back its growth forecasts for the next国际货币基金组织已经调低对未来十年的
增长预测。
rationalize (6rf, business) to make changes to a business or system, in order to
make it more efficient, especially by spending less money 指对企並或制度进
行合理化改革，楗合理化、使有经济效益
downsize {business) to make a company or organization
smaller by reducing the number of jobs in it, in order to reduce costs 释公司或机构精简A.员." .以降低成本*舰H Downsize is often used by people who want
to avoid saying more obvious words like ‘dismiss’ or ‘make redundant’ because
they sound too negative.人们通常使用downsize以避免使用dismiss 或make redundant等词义明显的词:，因为这些词听起
来过于负面。
scale sth down to reduce the number, size or extent
of sth指减少（数量㈣缩小（规模或范围）：We are scaling down our training programmes next year.
我们将在明年缩小培训计划。
PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS
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to cut sth/slash sth/cut sth back/downsize/scale sth down considerably/drastically
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to cut/slash/cut back on/scalb ba.ck/rationalize spending/production
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to cut/slash/cut back on jobs
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to cut/slash/dpwnsize the workforce ■■鼸 to cut/slash/ra..tionalize the
cost of sth
to
cut/slash prices/taxes/the budget