sự cắt, sự đốn, sự chặt, sự thái; nhát chém, nhát thái, vết đứt, vết xẻ, vết mổ

a deep cut in the leg

vết đứt sâu ở chân

sự giảm, sự hạ, sự cắt bớt

a cut in prices

sự giảm giá

vật cắt ra, miêng; đoạn cắt đi (của một vở kịch, cuốn tiểu thuyết...)

a cut of beef

một miếng thịt bò

kiểu cắt, kiểu may

the cut of a coat

kiểu may một chiếc áo choàng

(thể dục,thể thao) sự cắt bóng, sự cúp bóng

a cut to the boundary

sự cắt bóng ra biên

nhánh đường xe lửa; kênh đào

bản khắc gỗ ((cũng) wood cut)

lời nói làm tổn thương tình cảm, hành động làm tổn thương tình cảm

sự phớt lờ

to give someone the cut

phớt lờ ai

(sân khấu) khe hở để kéo phông

a cut above

sự hơn một bậc

short cut

lối đi tắt

cut and thrust

cuộc đánh giáp lá cà

to draw cuts

rút thăm

the cut of one's jib

Xem jib

cắt, chặt, chém, thái, xén, xẻo, hớt, xẻ, đào, khắc, gọt, chạm

to cut one's nail

cắt móng tay

to cut a canal

đào kênh

to cut a road through the hill

xẻ đường qua đồi

chia cắt, cắt đứt

to cut connexion with somebody

cắt đứt quan hệ với ai

to cut in two

chia cắt làm đôi

cắt nhau, gặp nhau, giao nhau

two lines cut each other

hai đường cắt nhau

giảm, hạ, cắt bớt

to cut prices

giảm giá

to cut a speech short

cắt bớt một bài nói, rút ngắn một bài nói

(nghĩa bóng) làm đau lòng, chạm tự ái, làm mếch lòng, làm tổn thương tình cảm

it cut me to the heart

cái đó làm tôi đau lòng

(từ lóng) làm đau đớn, làm buốt, cắt da cắt thịt (gió, rét...)

the cold wind cuts me to the bone

gió rét làm tôi buốt tận xương

cắt, may (quần áo)

làm, thi hành

to cut a joke

làm trò đùa, pha trò

(thể dục,thể thao) cắt, cúp (bóng)

(đánh bài) đào (cổ bài)

phớt lờ, làm như không biết (ai)

to cut someone dead

phớt lờ ai đi

không dự, trốn, chuồn (một buổi họp...)

to cut a lecture

không dự buổi diễn thuyết

mọc (răng)

baby is cutting his first tooth

bé mọc cái răng đầu tiên

cắt, gọt, chặt, thái...

this knife cuts well

con dao này cắt ngọt

this cheese cuts easily

miếng phó mát này dễ cắt

đi tắt

to cut through a wood

đi tắt qua rừng

to cut across a field

đi tắt qua cánh đồng

(từ lóng) chuồn, trốn

IDIOMS

to cut away

cắt, chặt đi

trốn, chuồn mất

to cut back

tỉa bớt, cắt bớt

(điện ảnh) chiếu lại một đoạn (để làm tăng tính kịch)

to cut down

chặt, đốn (cây); gặt (lúa)

giảm bớt, cắt bớt (chi tiêu...)

to cut in

nói xen vào

(đánh bài) thế chân (một người không được chơi nữa)

(thể dục,thể thao) chèn ngang

chèn ngang sau khi đã vượt (xe ô tô)

to cut off

chặt phăng ra, cắt, cắt đứt ((nghĩa đen) & (nghĩa bóng))

to cut off all negotiations

cắt đứt mọi cuộc thương lượng

to cut off the water supply

cắt nước

to cut off all communications

cắt đứt mọi phương tiện giao thông liên lạc

kết liễu đột ngột, làm chết đột ngột

she was cut off in her prime

cô ta chết đột ngột trong lúc còn thanh xuân

to cut out

cắt ra, cắt bớt

to cut out a passage from a book

cắt bớt một đoạn trong cuốn sách

Thôi (làm gì), thôi dùng (cái gì)

làm mờ, áp đảo; hất cẳng (đối phương)

to be totally cut out by one's rival

bị địch thủ hoàn toàn áp đảo; bị địch thủ hất cẳng hắn

khác nhau

a huge figure of a lion cut out in the rock

hình một con sư tử khổng lồ được khắc ở tảng đá

vạch ra trước, chuẩn bị trước

he found his work cut out for him

hắn thấy công việc của hắn đã được vạch ra từ trước

(từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) tách (súc vật) ra khỏi đàn; bắt (tàu địch) bằng cách len vào giữa nó và bờ; ngáng đường xe sau để vượt xe trước (xe ô tô)

bị loại ra không được đánh bài nữa

to cut up

(quân sự) cắt ra từng mảnh, tiêu diệt (quân địch)

chỉ trích gay gắt, phê bình nghiêm khắc

to cut up a writer

chỉ trích gay gắt một nhà văn

to cut up a book

phê bình gay gắt một cuốn sách

làm đau đớn, làm đau lòng

to be cut up by a piece of sad news

đau đớn do được tin buồn

(thông tục) để lại gia tài

to cut up well

để lại nhiều của

to cut both ways

đòn xóc hai đầu, lá mặt lá trái

that argument cuts both ways

lý lẽ đòn xóc hai đầu

to cut one's coat according to one's cloth

Xem cloth

to cut and come again

ăn ngon miệng

mời cứ tự nhiên đừng làm khách

to cut the Gordian knot

Xem Gordian knot

to cut the ground from under somebody's feet

Xem ground

to cut it fat

(từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) lên mặt ta đây; làm bộ, làm tịch, nói thánh nói tướng

cut it out!

(từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (thông tục) thôi đi!

to cut it fine

Xem fine

to cut a loss

tránh được sự thua lỗ (do kịp thời thôi không đầu cơ nữa)

to cut no ice

không ăn thua gì, không nước mẹ gì

to cut and run

Xem run

to cut short

ngắt, thu ngắn, rút ngắn

to cut somebody off with a shilling

cắt hết phần gia tài của ai chỉ để lại cho một siling

to cut one's stick (lucky)

cut stick (dirt)

(từ lóng) chuồn, tẩu, chạy trốn

To cut one's wisdom-teeth (eye-teeth)

mọc răng khôn; (nghĩa bóng) đã khôn ra, đã chín chắn hơn, đã có kinh nghiệm hơn

to cut up rough (lóng)

cut up rusty

nổi giận, phát cáu

to cut up savage (ugly)

nổi cơn thịnh nộ, phát khùng

khuyết rãnh cắt

mạch xẻ

đường đào

cắt

Giải thích EN: Any of various processes considered to be analogous to the action of a knife; specific uses include: a petroleum or chemical fraction obtained by a distillation process..

Giải thích VN: Các quy trình được cho là tương tự với hoạt động của một lưỡi dao, sử dụng trong việc đạt được phân đoạn bởi quy trình lọc.

cắt (gỗ)

đường tránh tắt

rạch đào

rửa trôi (đất)

chuyển mạch nhanh

chặt

cưa

khía

đào

đất đào

đường hào

nhát cắt

lỗ phá mở

gọt

mặt cắt

miệng

sự băm

sự cắt gọt

sự chặt

sự chọc thủng

sự đánh rạch

sự đào hố

rãnh

rãnh cắt

sự khấu

sự khía (giũa)

sự ngắt

tiết diện

vết cắt

vết đục

vết khắc

bản khắc

cắt

cắt bớt

cắt giảm

chia

giảm hạ

phần cắt

xén

Gash, slash, slit; open: I cut my finger on the glass.

Slice, cut off, carve: Please cut me a thick piece of steak.

Often, cut up. hurt, wound, pain, upset, grieve, distress,aggrieve, slight, insult, offend, affront: I was really all cutup by her nasty remarks.

Trim, snip, lop, clip, crop,shorten, shear, chop off; mow; dock: The barber has cut toomuch off the sides.

Abbreviate, shorten, crop, condense,abridge, edit, cut back, reduce, cut down; epitomize, abstract,digest, summarize, curtail: Cut this script to make it fit intothe allotted time.

Dilute, thin, water (down), weaken;degrade, adulterate: They cut the rum with water to make grog.7 avoid, fail to attend, eschew: Cynthia cut classes three daysthis week.

Lower, reduce, lessen, cut back (on), cut down(on), slash, diminish, decrease, retrench (on), curtail: Weshall have to cut expenses if the company is to survive.

Conclude, settle, agree: Once the deal was cut, there was nogoing back on it.

Prepare, draw, write, sign: We'll haveaccounting cut your cheque and send it at once.

Cut back. aSee 5, above. b See 8, above.

Often, cut dead. snub,slight, spurn, shun, ignore, give the cold shoulder (to):Cornelia had the gall to cut Jason dead at his own party.

Cut down. a fell, chop or hew down: Don't cut down that tree!b kill, cut off, murder, assassinate: He was cut down in hisprime.

Cut in. interrupt, intrude, interfere, Colloq buttin: Please don't cut in on our conversation.

Cut off. acleave, sever, chop or lop or hack off: Cut the branch off nearthe trunk. b intercept, interrupt, discontinue, end, stop,terminate, break off: There was a click and our phoneconversation was cut off. c separate, sever, split, estrange:He's been cut off from the family for years. d disinherit,disown, reject: She was cut off with a shilling.

Cut out.a delete, remove, excise, strike or cross out, edit out, omit,cut, kill, Technical dele: The publishers made me cut out partsof the book that they were advised might be libellous. bextract, excise, remove, resect: My appendix was cut out yearsago. c stop, cease, desist (from), quit: Whenever it rains theengine cuts out. Cut out the clowning around. d suit, equip,fit: I don't think Cyril's cut out to be a lumberjack. e plan,prepare, ready, organize, destine: He certainly has his workcut out for him!

Cut up. a chop (up), dice, cube, mince,cut, divide (up), carve (up): Cut the celery up very small. bmisbehave: The football supporters began to cut up rough.

Cut up rough. get angry, lose one's temper, show resentment:The driver began to cut up rough when I refused to pay.

N.

Gash, slash, incision, nick, wound: I got a nasty cutfrom that razor.

Share, portion, percentage, piece,dividend, commission: Blatchley gets a cut on every car wesell.

Reduction, cut-back, curtailment, decrease: Thegovernment's cuts in spending affect us all.

Deletion,excision, omission: The author refuses to approve the cuts inthe script.

Affront, insult, offence, slight, snub, dig,jibe, slap in the face, cold shoulder: The unkindest cut wasthe accusation of cheating.

Engraving, plate: This cut istoo badly worn for use now.

Artwork, picture, illustration,plate, drawing, line cut, line engraving, half-tone: The bookhas 300 cuts and only 20 pages of text.

Adj.

Separated, detached, severed: I prefer cut flowersto a plant.

Abridged, abbreviated, cut-down, shortened,edited, curtailed: The magazine published a cut version of thenovel.

Reduced, diminished, lowered, discounted: This shopsells everything at cut prices.

Cut and dried. a clear-cut,settled, arranged, decided, predetermined, prearranged:Unfortunately, the solution to this problem is not cut anddried. b stale, unoriginal, trite, hackneyed, old; dull,boring: His suggestions for improvement are always cut anddried. c manufactured, automatic, unchanging, unchanged: MrMackay will again present his old cut and dried plan.

V. (cutting; past and past part. cut) 1 tr. (alsoabsol.) penetrate or wound with a sharp-edged instrument (cuthis finger; the knife won't cut).

Tr. & intr. (often foll. byinto) divide or be divided with a knife etc. (cut the bread; cutthe cloth into metre lengths).

Tr. a trim or reduce thelength of (hair, a hedge, etc.) by cutting. b detach all or thesignificant part of (flowers, corn, etc.) by cutting.

Tr.(foll. by loose, open, etc.) make loose, open, etc. by cutting.5 tr. (esp. as cutting adj.) cause sharp physical or mental painto (a cutting remark; a cutting wind; was cut to the quick).

Tr. (often foll. by down) a reduce (wages, prices, time, etc.).b reduce or cease (services etc.).

Tr. a shape or fashion (acoat, gem, key, record, etc.) by cutting. b make (a path,tunnel, etc.) by removing material.

Tr. perform, execute,make (cut a caper; cut a sorry figure).

Tr. (also absol.)cross, intersect (the line cuts the circle at two points; thetwo lines cut).

Intr. (foll. by across, through, etc.) passor traverse, esp. in a hurry or as a shorter way (cut across thegrass).

Tr. a ignore or refuse to recognize (a person). brenounce (a connection).

Tr. esp. US deliberately fail toattend (a class etc.).

Cards a tr. divide (a pack) into twoparts. b intr. select a dealer etc. by dividing the pack.

Cinematog. a tr. edit (a film or tape). b intr. (often inimper.) stop filming or recording. c intr. (foll. by to) goquickly to (another shot).

Tr. switch off (an engine etc.).16 tr. a hit (a ball) with a chopping motion. b Golf slice(the ball).

Tr. US dilute, adulterate.

Tr. (as cutadj.) Brit. sl. drunk.

Intr. Cricket (of the ball) turnsharply on pitching.

Intr. sl. run.

Tr. castrate.

N.1 an act of cutting.

A division or wound made by cutting.

A stroke with a knife, sword, whip, etc.

A a reduction (inprices, wages, etc.). b a cessation (of a power supply etc.).5 an excision of part of a play, film, book, etc.

A woundingremark or act.

The way or style in which a garment, the hair,etc., is cut.

A piece of meat etc. cut from a carcass.

Colloq. commission; a share of profits.

Tennis & Cricketetc. a stroke made by cutting.

Ignoring of or refusal torecognize a person.

A an engraved block for printing. b =WOODCUT.

A railway cutting.

A new channel made for ariver.

See sense 10 of v. cut-and-come-again abundance.cut and dried 1 completely decided; prearranged; inflexible.

(of opinions etc.) ready-made, lacking freshness. cut and runsl. run away. cut and thrust 1 a lively interchange ofargument etc.

The use of both the edge and the point of asword. cut back 1 reduce (expenditure etc.).

Prune (a treeetc.).

Cinematog. repeat part of a previous scene fordramatic effect. cut-back n. an instance or the act of cuttingback, esp. a reduction in expenditure. cut both ways 1 serveboth sides of an argument etc.

(of an action) have both goodand bad effects. cut one's coat according to one's cloth 1adapt expenditure to resources.

Limit ambition to what isfeasible. cut a corner go across and not round it. cut cornersdo a task etc. perfunctorily or incompletely, esp. to save time.cut a dash see DASH. cut dead completely refuse to recognize (aperson). cut down 1 a bring or throw down by cutting. b killby means of a sword or disease.

See sense 6 of v.

Reducethe length of (cut down the trousers to make shorts).

(oftenfoll. by on) reduce one's consumption (tried to cut down onbeer). cut a person down to size colloq. ruthlessly expose thelimitations of a person's importance, ability, etc. cut one'seye-teeth attain worldly wisdom. cut glass glass with patternsand designs cut on it. cut in 1 interrupt.

Pull in tooclosely in front of another vehicle (esp. having overtaken it).3 give a share of profits etc. to (a person).

Connect (asource of electricity).

Join in a card-game by taking theplace of a player who cuts out.

Interrupt a dancing couple totake over from one partner. cut into 1 make a cut in (they cutinto the cake).

Interfere with and reduce (travelling cutsinto my free time). cut it fine see FINE(1). cut it out (usu.in imper.) sl. stop doing that (esp. quarrelling). cut theknot solve a problem in an irregular but efficient way.cut-line 1 a caption to an illustration.

The line in squashabove which a served ball must strike the wall. cut loose 1begin to act freely.

See sense 4 of v. cut one's losses (ora loss) abandon an unprofitable enterprise before losses becometoo great. cut the mustard US sl. reach the required standard.cut no ice sl.

Have no influence or importance.

Achievelittle or nothing. cut off 1 remove (an appendage) by cutting.2 a (often in passive) bring to an abrupt end or (esp. early)death. b intercept, interrupt; prevent from continuing (cut offsupplies; cut off the gas). c disconnect (a person engaged in atelephone conversation) (was suddenly cut off).

A preventfrom travelling or venturing out (was cut off by the snow). b(as cut off adj.) isolated, remote (felt cut off in thecountry).

Disinherit (was cut off without a penny). cut-offn.

The point at which something is cut off.

A device forstopping a flow.

US a short cut. cut out 1 remove from theinside by cutting.

Make by cutting from a larger whole.

Omit; leave out.

Colloq. stop doing or using (something)(managed to cut out chocolate; let's cut out the arguing).

Cease or cause to cease functioning (the engine cut out).

Outdo or supplant (a rival).

US detach (an animal) from theherd.

Cards be excluded from a card-game as a result ofcutting the pack. cut-out 1 a figure cut out of paper etc.

Adevice for automatic disconnection, the release of exhaustgases, etc. cut-out box US = fuse-box (see FUSE(1)). cut-price(or -rate) selling or sold at a reduced price. cut short 1interrupt; terminate prematurely (cut short his visit).

Makeshorter or more concise. cut one's teeth on acquire initialpractice or experience from (something). cut a tooth have itappear through the gum. cut up 1 cut into pieces.

Destroyutterly.

(usu. in passive) distress greatly (was very cut upabout it).

Criticize severely.

US behave in a comical orunruly manner. cut up rough Brit. sl. show anger orresentment. cut up well sl. bequeath a large fortune. haveone's work cut out see WORK. [ME cutte, kitte, kette, perh. f.OE cyttan (unrecorded)]