cut off

柯林斯詞典

cut off (cutting,cuts)

• 1. PHRASAL VERB If you cut something off, you remove it with a knife or a similar tool. 切掉

  Mrs. Johnson cut off a generous piece of the meat. 約翰遜太太切下一大塊肉。

  He threatened to cut my hair off. 他威脇要剪掉我的頭發(fā)。

• 2. PHRASAL VERB To cut someone or something off means to separate them from things that they are normally connected with. 隔離

  One of the goals of the campaign is to cut off the elite Republican Guard from its supplies. 那場(chǎng)戰(zhàn)役的目標(biāo)之一就是切斷精銳的共和國(guó)衛(wèi)隊(duì)的供給。

• 3. cut offADJ 隔絕的

  Without a car we still felt very cut off. 沒(méi)有車(chē)我們還是覺(jué)得與外界隔絕了。

• 4. PHRASAL VERB To cut off a supply of something means to stop providing it or stop it from being provided. 切斷 (供給)

  The rebels have cut off electricity from the capital. 叛亂者已經(jīng)切斷了首都的電力。

• 5. PHRASAL VERB If you get cut off when you are on the telephone, the line is suddenly disconnected and you can no longer speak to the other person. 中斷

  When you do get through, you've got to speak quickly before you get cut off. 電話(huà)一接通，你得在通話(huà)中斷前快點(diǎn)兒說(shuō)。

• 6. →see also cutoff

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