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.
雙語例句
1. Early American weathervanes were most often cut from flat wooden boards.
美國(guó)早期的風(fēng)向標(biāo)大多截自平直的木板。
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2. When she had attempted to cut his nails he resisted.
她試圖給他剪指甲，他不讓。
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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。
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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。
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5. Hopes of an early cut in interest rates bolstered confidence.