cut-off

adjective
🔊/ˈkʌt ɒf/
🔊/ˈkʌt ɔːf/
[only before noun]
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  1. (of trousers) made shorter by cutting off part of the legs裤腿剪短的
    • cut-off jeans裤腿剪短的牛仔裤
    Topics Clothes and Fashionc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryCut-off is used with these nouns:
    • jeans
    • shorts
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cut-off

noun
🔊/ˈkʌt ɒf/
🔊/ˈkʌt ɔːf/
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  1. a point or limit when you stop something截止点;界限
    • Is there a cut-off point between childhood and adulthood?童年与成年之间有分界线吗?🔊🔊
    • Set a cut-off date for work to be finished.设定完成工作的截止日期。
    • 2 500 g is the standard cut-off below which infants are categorized as ‘low birthweight’.2,500克是标准线, 低于此的婴儿属于出生体重不足。
  2. the act of stopping the supply of something停止供应
    • The government announced a cut-off in overseas aid.政府宣布停止对外援助。
  3. cut-offs
    [plural] trousers that have been made shorter by cutting off part of the legs剪短的裤子
    • wearing frayed cut-offs身着毛边的剪短的裤子