When a film director says 'cut', they want the actors and the camera crew to stop filming.
cuts
A cut is a mark or hole in something made by a knife or similar tool.
Carefully make a cut in the shell with a small serrated knife.
用有锯齿的小刀小心地在壳上切个口。
A cut is an injury to your body made by something sharp so that you bleed.
He had sustained a cut on his left eyebrow.
他的左眉留下了一处刀伤。
A cut is the act of shortening something such as hair, grass, or fingernails using scissors or another tool.
Prices vary from salon to salon, starting at $30 for a cut and blow-dry.
各家美发店价格不一,剪吹起价30美元。
A cut to a text, broadcast, or performance is a reduction in its length or the removal of some parts of it.
It has been found necessary to make some cuts in the text.
已发现有必要对文章作些删节。
A cut in the supply of something is when the supply is stopped.
The strike had already led to cuts in electricity and water supplies in many areas.
这次罢工已经导致很多地区供电和供水中断。
A cut of meat is a piece or type of meat which is cut in a particular way from the animal, or from a particular part of it.
Use a cheap cut such as spare rib chops.
用一块便宜的肉,比如用剩下的排骨块。
Someone's cut of the profits or winnings from something, especially ones that have been obtained dishonestly, is their share.
The agency is expected to take a cut of the money awarded to its client.
预计这家代理商会从奖给其客户的钱中抽取它的一份。
cut across
If an issue or problem cuts across the division between two or more groups of people, it affects or matters to people in all the groups.
The problem cuts across all socioeconomic lines and affects all age groups.
这个问题涉及社会经济的各个方面,影响各个年龄段的人。
cut back
If you cut back something such as expenditure or cut back on it, you reduce it.
Customers have cut back spending because of the economic slowdown.
由于经济放缓,顾客们已经减少了花销。
The Government has cut back on defence spending.
政府已削减了国防开支。
cut down
If you cut down on something or cut down something, you use or do less of it.
He cut down on coffee and cigarettes, and ate a balanced diet.
他咖啡喝得少了,烟抽得少了,饮食也均衡了。
Car owners were asked to cut down travel.
车主们被要求减少出行。
If you cut down a tree, you cut through its trunk so that it falls to the ground.
chop down
A vandal with a chainsaw cut down a tree.
一个蓄意破坏公物者用链锯锯倒了一棵树。
cut in
If you cut in on someone, you interrupt them when they are speaking.
Immediately, Daniel cut in on Joanne's attempts at reassurance.
紧接着,丹尼尔打断了乔安妮要说的安慰的话。
'Not true,' the Duchess cut in.
“不是真的,”公爵夫人插话道。
cut off
If you cut something off, you remove it with a knife or a similar tool.
Mrs Johnson cut off a generous piece of the meat.
约翰逊太太切下一大块肉。
He threatened to cut my hair off.
他威胁要剪掉我的头发。
To cut someone or something off means to separate them from things that they are normally connected with.
One of the goals of the campaign is to cut off the elite Republican Guard from its supplies.
那场战役的目标之一就是切断精锐共和国卫队的供给。
To cut off a supply of something means to stop providing it or stop it from being provided.
The rebels have cut off electricity from the capital.
叛乱者已经切断了首都的电力。
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.
When you do get through, you've got to speak quickly before you get cut off.
电话一接通,你得在通话中断前快点儿说。
cut out
If you cut something out, you remove or separate it from what surrounds it using scissors or a knife.
I cut it out and pinned it to my studio wall.
我把它剪了下来,钉在我工作室的墙上。
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.
I've simply cut egg yolks out entirely.
我已经彻底不吃蛋黄了。
If an object cuts out the light, it is between you and the light so that you are in the dark.
The curtains were half drawn to cut out the sunlight.
窗帘拉上了一半以遮挡阳光。
If an engine cuts out, it suddenly stops working.
The helicopter crash landed when one of its two engines cut out.
直升飞机两个发动机中的一个突然熄火时,直升机撞地着陆。
cut up
If you cut something up, you cut it into several pieces.
Halve the tomatoes, then cut them up coarsely.
把西红柿切成两半,然后再把它们粗略切一下。
cut and dried
If you say that a situation is cut and dried, you mean that it is clear and definite.
Unfortunately, things cannot be as cut and dried as many people would like.
可惜的是,事情不能像许多人希望的那样清楚明了。
cut off
If you are cut off from someone or something you are normally connected with, you are separated from them.
Without a car we still felt very cut off.
没有车我们还是觉得与外界隔绝了。
cuts , cutting , cut
If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool.
Mrs Haines stood nearby, holding scissors to cut a ribbon.
海恩斯太太站在旁边,拿着剪刀剪缎带。
Cut the tomatoes in half vertically.
把西红柿竖着切成两半。
The thieves cut a hole in the fence.
小偷在把篱笆割出了个洞。
This little knife cuts really well.
这把小刀切东西很好用。
If you cut yourself or cut a part of your body, you accidentally injure yourself on a sharp object so that you bleed.
Johnson cut himself shaving.
约翰逊刮胡子时割伤了自己。
I started to cry because I cut my finger.
因为割破了自己的手指,我哭了起来。
If you cut something such as grass, your hair, or your fingernails, you shorten them using scissors or another tool.
The most recent tenants hadn't even cut the grass.
最新来的房客竟然连草坪都还没修剪。
You've had your hair cut, it looks great.
你理发了,很好看。
The way that clothes are cut is the way they are designed and made.
badly cut blue suits.
裁剪得很糟的蓝色套装。
If you cut something, you reduce it.
increase
The first priority is to cut costs.
首要任务是削减费用。
The UN force is to be cut by 90.
联合国部队将被裁减90。
a deal to cut 50 billion dollars from the federal deficit.
一项削减500亿美元联邦赤字的协议。
If you cut a text, broadcast, or performance, you shorten it. If you cut a part of a text, broadcast, or performance, you do not publish, broadcast, or perform that part.
Branagh has cut the play judiciously.
布拉纳格已经审慎地删节了那部剧作。
If you cut across or through a place, you go through it because it is the shortest route to another place.
Jesse cut across the car park and strolled through the main entrance.
杰西抄近道穿过停车场,漫步通过大门。
If you cut in front of someone, you move in front of them and take their place.
Somebody tried to cut in line and a fight broke out.
有人想插队,引发了一场打斗。
To cut a supply of something means to stop providing it or stop it from being provided.
Winds have knocked down power lines, cutting electricity to thousands of people.
风刮断了电线,中断了数千人的电力供应。
If you cut a deck of playing cards, you divide it into two.
Place the cards face down on the table and cut them.
把扑克牌正面朝下放在桌上,然后切牌。
If you tell someone to cut something, you are telling them in an irritated way to stop it.
'Cut the euphemisms, Daniel,' Brenda snapped.
“别绕弯子了,丹尼尔,”布伦达厉声说到。