cuts是什么意思？

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.

If you cut yourself or cut a part of your body, you accidentally injure yourself on a sharp object so that you bleed.

If you cut something such as grass, your hair, or your fingernails, you shorten them using scissors or another tool.

The way that clothes are cut is the way they are designed and made.

To cut through something means to move or pass through it easily.

If you cut across or through a place, you go through it because it is the shortest route to another place.

If you cut something, you reduce it.

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 If you cut a part of a text, broadcast, or performance, you do not publish, broadcast, or perform that part.

To cut a supply of something means to stop providing it or stop it being provided.

If you cut a pack of playing cards, you divide it into two.

When the director of a film says 'cut', they want the actors and the camera crew to stop filming.

When a singer or band cuts a CD, they make a recording of their music.

When a child cuts a tooth, a new tooth starts to grow through the gum.

If a child cuts classes or cuts school, they do not go to classes or to school when they are supposed to.

If you tell someone to cut something, you are telling them in an irritated way to stop it.

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.

Someone's cut of the profits or winnings from something, especially ones that have been obtained dishonestly, is their share.

A cut is a narrow valley which has been cut through a hill so that a road or railroad track can pass through.

If you say that someone or something is a cut above other people or things of the same kind, you mean they are better than them.

If you see someone you know and cut them dead, you ignore them.

If you say that a situation or solution is cut and dried, you mean that it is clear and definite.

If a person or an organization cuts loose or is cut loose, they become free from the influence or authority of other people.

If someone cuts and runs in a difficult situation, they try to escape from it quickly and gain an advantage for themselves, rather than deal with the situation in a responsible way.

If you say that someone can't cut it, you mean that they do not have the qualities needed to do a task or cope with a situation.

If you talk about the cut and thrust of an activity, you are talking about the aspects of it that make it exciting and challenging.

If you say that something cuts both ways, you mean that it can have two opposite effects, or can have both good and bad effects.

To cut off a supply of something means to stop providing it or stop it being provided.

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.

If you cut someone off when they are speaking, you interrupt them and stop them from speaking.