1、cut既可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词
如:Mrs. Haines stood nearby, holding scissors to cut a ribbon
海恩斯夫人站在旁边,手持剪刀准备剪彩。
如:They used pressure tactics to force them to return, including cutting food and water supplies.
他们采用施加压力的策略迫使他们回来,包括切断食物和水的供应。
2、cut引申可表示为“削减”“挖成”“刻成”“与…相交”“使(某人)感到疼痛或痛苦”“缺席”“停止”等
如:You’d better cut the article down to about 2,000 words.
你最好能把这篇文章压到两千字左右。
3、cut sb sth 为某人切某物
如:Cut me some pineapple.
给我切几片菠萝吧。
4、cut off表示“切断,隔断,断绝”
如:We were cut off in the middle of our telephone conversation.
我们在电话里谈话谈了一半就被切断了。
5、cut out 表示“剪成,戒掉”
如:The rain and wind have cut out a deep valley.
风雨侵蚀出了一条深谷。
cut in 插话
cut off 切断
cut down on 消减
Cut it out 闭嘴
cut out for 与...相配
cut timber 伐木
cut firewood 砍柴
cut wheat 收割小麦
shortcut 捷径
hair cut 发型
power cut 停电
Cut across 抄近路,与...矛盾
Cut back 修剪,减少
Cut out 删去,裁剪,放弃,戒除,出故障
Cut short 中断
Cut through 穿过,简化
Cut up 切碎,使悲伤,受伤,攻击
cut one's hair 理发
cut from 从…上切下
tax cut 减税
cut flowern 切花,鲜切花;插瓶花
cut out for 适合于,准备;与……相配合