削減,縮小(尺寸、數量或數目);殺死(某人)
cut sth down (to…)
削減,縮小(尺寸、數量或數目)
to reduce the size, amount or number of sth
We need to cut the article down to 1 000 words.我們得把這篇文章壓縮到 1 000 字。
cut sb down正式
殺死(某人)
to kill sb
He was cut down by an assassin's bullet.他被刺客的子彈擊中身亡。
cut sth down
(自根基部分)砍倒
to make sth fall down by cutting it at the base
to cut down a tree齊根砍倒一棵樹
釋義來自《牛津高階英漢雙解詞典》第 9 版