cut out

柯林斯詞典

cut out

• 1. ADJ If you are not cut out for a particular type of work, you do not have the qualities that are needed to be able to do it well. 合適的

  I left medicine anyway. I wasn't really cut out for it. 我還是不再從醫(yī)。我不太合適干那個。

• 2. PHRASAL VERB If you cut something out, you remove or separate it from what surrounds it using scissors or a knife. 剪下

  I cut it out and pinned it to my studio wall. 我把它剪了下來，釘在我工作室的墻上。

• 3. PHRASAL VERB If you cut out a part of a text, you do not print, publish, or broadcast that part, because to include it would make the text too long or unacceptable. 刪掉

  I listened to the programme and found they'd cut out all the interesting stuff. 我聽了那個節(jié)目，發(fā)現(xiàn)他們已經(jīng)刪掉了所有有趣的內(nèi)容。

• 4. PHRASAL VERB To cut out something unnecessary or unwanted means to remove it completely from a situation. For example, if you cut out a particular type of food, you stop eating it, usually because it is bad for you. 戒除

  I've simply cut egg yolks out entirely. 我已經(jīng)根本不吃蛋黃了。

• 5. PHRASAL VERB If an object cuts out the light, it is between you and the light so that you are in the dark. 遮擋

  The curtains were half drawn to cut out the sunlight. 窗簾拉上了一半以遮擋陽光。

• 6. PHRASAL VERB If an engine cuts out, it suddenly stops working. 突然熄火

  The helicopter crash landed when one of its two engines cut out. 直升飛機兩個發(fā)動機中的一個突然熄火時，直升機撞地著陸。

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