cut

英 [k?t] 美[k?t]

反義詞

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第三人稱單數(shù):?cuts;過去式:?cut;過去分詞:?cut;現(xiàn)在分詞:?cutting;

cut 砍

詞源不詳。

cut: cut: [13] There is no direct evidence that Old English had the word cut – the Old English terms were sceran ‘shear’, ceorfan ‘carve’, and hēawan ‘hew’ – but many etymologists have speculated that a pre-Conquest *cyttan did exist. Forms such as Norwegian kutte ‘cut’, Swedish k?ta ‘whittle’, and Icelandic kuta ‘cut with a knife’ suggest an origin in a North Germanīc base *kut-.
cut (v.): late 13c., possibly Scandinavian, from North Germanic *kut- (cognates: Swedish dialectal kuta "to cut," kuta "knife," Old Norse kuti "knife"), or from Old French couteau "knife." Replaced Old English ceorfan (see carve (v.)), snitan, and scieran (see shear). Meaning "to be absent without excuse" is British university slang from 1794. To cut a pack of cards is from 1590s. Related: Cutting.
cut (n.): 1520s, "gash, incision," from cut (v.); meaning "piece cut off" is from 1590s; sense of "a wounding sarcasm" is from 1560s.

1. Early American weathervanes were most often cut from flat wooden boards.: 美國早期的風(fēng)向標(biāo)大多截自平直的木板。

3. Serve the cake warm or at room temperature, cut in squares.: 等蛋糕溫?zé)峄驔鲋潦覝貢r(shí)切成四方塊端上桌。

4. He doesn't feel he is cut out to be a leader.: 他認(rèn)為自己沒有做領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的才能。

5. Hopes of an early cut in interest rates bolstered confidence.: 利率有望早日下調(diào)，從而增強(qiáng)了人們的信心。