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cut-off adjective /ˈkʌt ɒf/ /ˈkʌt ɔːf/ [only before noun]- (of trousers) made shorter by cutting off part of the legs裤腿剪短的Topics Clothes and Fashionc2
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCut-off is used with these nouns:
- [often passive] to interrupt somebody who is speaking on the phone by breaking the connection中断(电话通话)
- We were cut off in the middle of our conversation.我们电话打到一半就断线了。
Topics Phones, email and the internetb2 - to refuse to let somebody receive any of your property after you die剥夺继承权 synonym disinherit
- He cut his son off without a penny.他完全剥夺了儿子的继承权。
cut somebody/something off - to interrupt somebody and stop them from speaking打断(某人并阻止其讲话)
- My explanation was cut off by loud protests.我的解释被强烈的抗议声打断了。
- His thoughts were abruptly cut off by a blinding flash of pain.一阵令人头晕目眩的疼痛突然打断了他的思绪。
- [often passive] to stop the supply of something to somebody停止,中断(供给)
- Our water supply has been cut off.我们断水了。
- They were cut off for not paying their phone bill.他们未付电话费,被停机了。
(also cut something off something) to remove something from something larger by cutting切掉;割掉;砍掉;剪掉- He had his finger cut off in an accident at work.他在一次工伤中被切断了手指。
- (figurative) The winner cut ten seconds off (= ran the distance ten seconds faster than) the world record.获胜者比世界纪录快了十秒。
see also cut-off - to block or get in the way of something阻碍;阻挡;堵塞
- They cut off the enemy's retreat.他们切断了敌人的退路。
- The new factory cuts off our view of the hills.新建的工厂挡住了我们观山景的视线。
cut somebody/something off (from somebody/something) - [often passive] to prevent somebody/something from leaving or reaching a place or communicating with people outside a place切断…的去路(或来路);使…与外界隔绝
- The army was cut off from its base.那支部队与基地失去了联络。
- She feels very cut off living in the country.她住在乡间感到很闭塞。
- He cut himself off from all human contact.他断绝了与所有人的联系。
- They were completely cut off from the outside world.他们完全与世隔绝了。
cut-off noun /ˈkʌt ɒf/ /ˈkʌt ɔːf/ - a point or limit when you stop something截止点;界限
- Is there a cut-off point between childhood and adulthood?童年与成年之间有分界线吗?
- Set a cut-off date for work to be finished.设定完成工作的截止日期。
- 2 500 g is the standard cut-off below which infants are categorized as ‘low birthweight’.2,500克是标准线, 低于此的婴儿属于出生体重不足。
- the act of stopping the supply of something停止供应
- The government announced a cut-off in overseas aid.政府宣布停止对外援助。
cut-offs [plural] trousers that have been made shorter by cutting off part of the legs剪短的裤子- wearing frayed cut-offs身着毛边的剪短的裤子
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