cut through 1. 斜穿过，对角穿过；抄近路穿过 The road cut through the swamp. 那条路斜穿过沼泽地。 2. 开辟，开出(通路) Only a specially equipped ship could cut a way through such tightly-packed ice. 只有特别装备的船只才能够从这样厚实的积冰中开辟出一条通路来。 3. 绕过(困难、障碍等)；克服 The newly-appointed official swore he would cut through the red tape of the local bureaucracy. 新任命的官员坚决表示要克服当地政府机构中的文牍主义。