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| 1 | an injury on your skin where something sharp has cut it 伤口；裂口 |
| My son’ s face was covered in cuts and bruises. 我儿子满脸都是伤口和擦痕。 |
| She suffered a deep cut to her scalp. 她头皮上有一个很深的伤口。 |
| | 1a | a mark or hole in a surface where something sharp has cut it 切口 | | Make a series of small cuts in the meat. 在肉上切一排小口。 | |
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| 2 | a reduction in something 削减；减少 |
| job/tax/pay/defence cuts 岗位裁减/减税/降薪/防务开支削减 |
| +in The government threatened a cut in education spending. 政府威胁要削减教育支出。 |
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| 3 | usually singular the act or process of cutting something 切；割；砍；削；剪 |
| I chopped the log with one clean cut. 我利索地一下就把那根原木劈开了。 |
| | 3a | the act of cutting someone’ s hair 理发；剪发 | | a cut and blow-dry 剪吹 | |
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| 4 | usually singular the way in which someone’ s hair has been cut 发型；发式 |
| We gave Jenny’ s hair a softer cut. 我们把珍妮的头发剪了剪，使其线条更加柔和。 |
| | 4a | the way in which cloth has been cut that gives it a particular style or shape （衣服的）款式，剪裁，样式 | | the stylish cut of his evening clothes 他的晚礼服的漂亮款式 | |
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| 5 | an act of making something such as a piece of writing , a speech , a film , or a broadcast shorter （文章、演讲、影片或广播节目的）缩短，删减，删节 |
| Some drastic cuts have been made in the third act. 第三幕已进行了一些大的删减。 |
| | 5a | an act of removing parts from something such as a piece of writing , a speech , a film , or a broadcast , especially because they are not suitable （文章、演讲、影片或广播节目尤因内容不合适的）删除，删节 | |
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| 6 | a way of arranging how a film looks by moving , removing, or adding scenes 剪辑 |
| the director’ s cut 导演的剪辑 |
| | 6a | a quick move from one scene of a film to another （电影场景的）切换 | |
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| 7 | a piece of meat that has been cut from a particular part of the animal 肉块 |
| a lean cut of beef 一条瘦牛肉 |
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| 8 | usually singular informal someone’ s part of a total amount of money 份额 |
| Don’ t forget your agent takes a 10% cut. 别忘了你的代理人应得10%的份额。 |
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| 9 | usually singular a situation in which you pretend not to see or recognize someone you know （对相识之人的）视而不见，不理睬 |
| | 9a | a comment or action that hurts someone’ s feelings 伤人的话（或举动） | |
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| 10 | a piece of music that has been recorded （录制的）乐曲，音乐 |
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| 11 | AMERICAN a cutting through something such as rock （开出的）通道 |
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| - | be a cut above
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| to be much better than someone or something else |
| 远胜过 |
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| - | the cut and thrust (of sth) BRITISH
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| the lively or determined way in which something is done |
| （某事物的）激烈交锋，激烈争论 |
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| He enjoys the cut and thrust of political life. 他喜欢政治生活中的激烈交锋。 |
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