cut off
/ˌkʌt ˈɔf/ [ˌkɐɾ ˈɔf] 动词中文： 切下、割下、隔断
- To remove by cutting.
- To isolate or remove from contact.
- To stop the provision or supply of something, e.g. power, water.
- To exclude (something) from the field of view. · Half of his head has been cut off by the edge of the photo.
- To stop providing funds or something else to (someone). · His parents cut him off to encourage him to find a job.· You're drunk, Jerry, I'm cutting you off.
- To end abruptly. · My phone call was cut off before I could get the information.
- To interrupt (someone speaking). · That dingbat cut me off as I was about to conclude my thesis.
- To swerve in front of (another car) while driving.
来自图书馆
Two began in a low voice, “Why the fact is, you see, Miss, this here ought to have been a _red_ rose-tree, and we put a white one in by mistake; and if the Queen was to find it out, we should all have our heads cut off, you know.
The executioner’s argument was, that you couldn’t cut off a head unless there was a body to cut it off from: that he had never had to do such a thing before, and he wasn’t going to begin at _his_ time of life.
Thomas’s father was pursued home one night by a lamb of fire with its head cut off hanging by a strip of skin.
Your hair must be cut off; there is no other way.
在真实文章中学习cut off
注册免费账号后，在图书馆中把鼠标悬停在任何单词上即可看到意思，还能听朗读、收藏单词并按你的记忆安排复习，看到每本书你已经认识多少。