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词汇 cut off
释义
Idiom
cut off
Theme: STOP
to stop by itself or oneself. (Informal.)
The machine got hot and cut off.Bob cut off in midsentence.
Phr V
cut off
cuts, cutting, cut
cut off sth or cut sth off
to stop providing something {e.g. aid, electricity, supplies}
The U.S. threatened to cut off military aid.Water and electricity supplies have been cut off and there's very little food.
cutoff
noun singular American
A cutoff of military assistance would mean certain death for thousands.The engine has an automatic cutoff. (= device to stop it working)
used as adj
Where's the cutoff valve for the heating system?
cut off sb/sth or cut sb/sth off
to prevent people from reaching a place or leaving a placeusually passive
All the roads were blocked by snow so the whole village was cut off.We often get cut off in the winter.
American to suddenly drive in front of another vehicle in a dangerous way
Some idiot cut me off at the light.Did you see that guy? He just cut off the car in front of us.
cut off sb or cut sb off
to stop talking to someone because you do not want to be friendly with them any more
Her family didn't approve of the match so they cut her off.
sometimes reflexive
He's completely cut himself off from his family.
to stop the supply of something such as electricity, gas or water
We'd better pay that electricity bill before they cut us off.If you get cut off you have to pay loads of money to get re-connected.
to stop someone speaking by interrupting them
She cut me off in mid-sentence.
American informal to stop serving someone alcoholic drinks in a bar because they have already drunk too much alcohol
So you're telling me I've had too much to drink and you're cutting me off, right?
to stop people from continuing a telephone conversation by breaking the telephone connectionusually passive
I don't know what happened then - somehow we got cut off.
to not allow someone to receive your money or property, especially when you die
His father so disapproved of his life-style that he cut him off without a penny.
be cut off
(always passive) to be a long way from other places and peopleoften + from
We're a bit cut off from other people here living, so far from the town.
if someone is cut off, they are not able to see many other peopleoften + from
Cut off from friends and family, prisoners often suffer from acute loneliness.
used as adj
I think I'd feel very cut-off if I were on my own in the house all day.
cut off
verb to lay someone off due to lack of work US, 1990
phrasecut off1. cut off sth • cut sth off to separate part of something completely from the rest by cutting it with a knife, scissors etc: How much of your hair do you want me to cut off? One of his fingers was cut off in the accident.cut-off adj always before noun especially BrE cut-off trousers have been made much shorter than usual by cutting off the bottom of the legs: Cut-off jeans were very fashionable that year.2. cut off sth/sb • cut sth/sb off to stop the supply of electricity, gas, water, money, or goods from getting to a place: If there is an earthquake, the electrical supply will be immediately cut off. The US threatened to cut off economic aid to South Africa. The gas company is threatening to cut us off if we don't pay the bill immediately.3. be cut off if a place is cut off, it is very difficult to get to, for example because it is a long way from any other place: Some of the mountain villages are extremely cut off, and can only be reached on foot. Some villages and farms were cut off by snow for two weeks.4. be cut off if the people living somewhere are cut off, they cannot communicate with other countries or people, for example because they are a long way from them, or because it is not allowed+ from Rumania was a Communist dictatorship, cut off from the outside world. Prisoners were left alone for weeks, cut off from all contact.5. be cut off by the tide/the floods/the fire etc to be trapped and unable to leave a place because you are surrounded by water or by fire: We'd better leave the beach by five o'clock or we'll be cut off by the tide. Whole villages were cut off by the floods.6. feel cut off if you feel cut off, you feel lonely because you cannot meet and talk to other people+ from I like working at home, but sometimes you feel cut off from other adults.■ SIMILAR TO: feel isolated7. cut sb off • cut off sth to stop communicating with someone or having a friendly relationship with them, often because you are angry with them about something: June came from a religious Protestant family, who cut her off when she married a Roman Catholic.cut off relations with sb/sth In 1904 Japan cut off diplomatic relations with Russia.cut yourself off (=deliberately avoid seeing people in order to be alone) After his wife died, he just stayed at home and cut himself off from his family and friends.8. cut off sb • cut sb off to take away someone's right to receive your money or property when you die: He knew that his father would cut him off without a penny if he married Elizabeth.9. cut off sb • cut sb off usually passive if you are cut off while you are speaking on the telephone, you are unable to finish your conversation because the telephone connection is suddenly broken.: My money ran out and I was cut off.get cut off We got cut off before he could give me his address.10. cut sb off to prevent someone from finishing what they were saying, by interrupting them: "Mark!" his father cut him off. "I don't want you talking to your mother like that!"11. cut sb off AmE to suddenly drive in front of a moving car in a dangerous way: When a careless driver cuts you off, get his license plate number and report it to the police.

cut off

1. verb Literally, to remove something from something else by cutting. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "cut" and "off." Your plant might bloom again if you cut off the dead flowers.
2. verb To abruptly move in front of another driver, either intentionally or unintentionally. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "cut" and "off." Can you believe that jerk cut me off like that? I nearly hit him!
3. verb To interrupt one and stop them from talking. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "cut" and "off." After my mom had been droning on for nearly five minutes, I just had to cut her off. Hey, don't cut me off—I'm not done my story.
4. verb To stop something from working; to turn something off. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "cut" and "off." When the fuse blew, it cut off the power to the entire second floor. Look, if you don't pay your bill, the electric company will cut off your electricity.
5. verb To stop giving money to someone or something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "cut" and "off." My parents have threatened to cut me off as soon as I turn 30, so I need to find a job. If the school board cuts off funding for the arts, then what will become of the theater program?
6. verb To change direction. Follow the river to where it cuts off to the left and then you'll see the picnic area.
7. verb To turn off a particular road. And then you cut off here and get on this dirt road. I swear we're almost there.
8. verb To prevent access to a particular area or thing. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "cut" and "off." I had to take a detour because the water department had blocked a bunch of streets, cutting me off from my house.
9. verb To isolate or sequester someone. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "cut" and "off." The investigators plan to cut the suspect off from his bosses, in the hope that he will confess.
10. verb To end unexpectedly or abruptly. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "cut" and "off." No one was disappointed when the principal's microphone came unplugged, cutting off his speech. Aw man, why did the music cut off?
11. verb To intercept someone or something that is en route to another location. The shipment of humanitarian supplies was cut off at the border by the government troops. The sheriff cut off the robbers just as they were about to pass through the gulch.
12. In baseball, to intercept a ball that has been thrown to a different player. The shortstop cut off the throw from the outfield because the runner had already scored.
13. verb To disinherit or disown someone. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "cut" and "off." If you continue to fight with your mother like this, she may just cut you off and leave you with nothing.
14. verb To stop serving one alcohol, typically because they are intoxicated. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "cut" and "off." They're going to cut off Tina if she keeps acting like that in here.
15. adjective Indicating an end point for something. In this usage, the phrase is usually written as one word. The cutoff date for the contest is tomorrow, so I hope you've finished your entry.
16. adjective In baseball, describing one who intercepts a ball thrown to a different player. In this usage, the phrase is usually written as one word. The shortstop acted as the cutoff man and then threw the ball to the catcher.
17. adjective Too intoxicated to keep being served alcohol. When I nearly fell off my stool for the third time, the bartender told me that I was cut off.
18. noun The act of ending or stopping something. In this usage, the phrase is usually written as one word. If there is a cutoff of funding, then what will become of the theater program?
19. noun A deadline. In this usage, the phrase is usually written as one word. When is the cutoff for applications to be sent in?
20. noun Pants that have been cut into shorts, typically with a ragged hem. In this usage, the phrase is usually written as one word and pluralized ("cutoffs"). I had only brought jeans with me on the trip, and it was so hot that I had to turn them into cutoffs.

cut someone or something off (from something)

to block or isolate someone or something from some place or something. They cut the cattle off from the wheat field. The enemy tanks cut off the troops from their camp.

cut someone or something off (short)

Fig. to interrupt someone or something; to prevent someone from continuing to speak. (See also someone off">chop someone off.) In the middle of her sentence, the teacher cut her off short. Bob cut off Mary when she was trying to explain.

cut something off

 
1. to shorten something. Cut this board off a bit, would you? Cut off this board a little, please.
2. to turn something off, such as power, electricity, water, the engine, etc. Would you please cut that engine off? Cut off the engine, Chuck.

cut off

 
1. to stop by itself or oneself. The machine got hot and cut off. Bob cut off in midsentence.
2. to turn off a road, path, highway, etc. This is the place where you are supposed to cut off. When you come to a cutoff on the left, continue on for about mile.

cut off

1. Separate from others, isolate, as in The construction debris cut off the workers from the canteen, or The new sect was cut off from the church. [Late 1500s]
2. Stop suddenly, discontinue, as in He quickly cut off the engine, or The drama was cut off by a news flash about tornado warnings. [Late 1500s]
3. Shut off, bar, Their phone was cut off when they didn't pay the bill, or Tom's father threatened to cut off his allowance. [c. 1600]
4. Interrupt the course or passage of, intercept, as in The operator cut us off, or The shortstop cut off the throw to the plate. [Late 1500s]
5. Also, cut off with a shilling or cent . Disinherit, as in Grandfather cut him off with a shilling. This usage dates from the early 1700s; the purpose of bequeathing one shilling (a small sum) was to indicate that the heir had not been overlooked but was intentionally being disinherited. In America cent was substituted from about 1800 on.

cut off

v.
1. To remove something by cutting: I cut off the tree branch. He cut his beard off.
2. To interrupt someone who is speaking: Don't cut me off like that. The speaker was cut off by the crowd. The principal cut off the discussion when the assembly started.
3. To separate someone from others; isolate someone: I don't want to cut my brother off from his friends. She was cut off from her family while she was gone. All contact was cut off.
4. To stop something from functioning by disconnecting it from its source of power: Cut the power off. The landlord cut off the heat. The lights got cut off.
5. To interrupt the course or passage of something: The infielder cut off the throw to the plate. The police cut all the routes of escape off.
6. To interrupt or break the line of communication of someone: The telephone operator cut us off. The storm cut off the phone lines.
7. To stop or come to an end suddenly: The music suddenly cut off.
8. To change from one direction to another: The road goes straight over the hill and then cuts off to the right around the pond.
9. To disinherit someone: They cut their heirs off without a cent. My parents changed their will and cut me off after I left home.
10. To discontinue the funding for something, such as a government program: School breakfasts were cut off after the funding cuts. The mayor cut off free school lunches from the budget.
11. To drive into the space in front of a moving car, often suddenly and recklessly: That taxi cut me off on the highway. The truck cut off the small car abruptly.
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