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cut down

/kuht-doun/US // ˈkʌtˌdaʊn //

削减,砍伐,砍掉,削减了

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : reduction; decrease; diminution: a cutdown in sales.
    • : Surgery. the incision of a superficial vein in order to effect direct insertion of a catheter.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : reduced in size.
    • : abridged or condensed: They televised a cutdown version of the movie.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Synonyms
dispatch派遣,派出所,派遣人员,调遣hew砍伐,砍伐树木,呵,砍伐的kill杀死,杀害,杀了,杀掉level水平,级别,层次,层面lop贷款,圈圈massacre大屠杀,大屠杀事件,屠城,屠城事件mow割草,除草,刈割,割除mow down撂倒,刈割,刈草,撂倒了raze突击检查,突袭,强化,突击队slaughter宰杀,屠宰,残杀,屠杀slay杀死,杀人,杀戮,杀人犯
Antonyms
plant工厂

Examples

  • Mayhew, at the cutdown day news conference, expressed confidence in the collaborative roster-building process they’ve put in place.

  • I believe he was in there and did the—he helped Dr. Curtis with the cutdown, the initial cutdown.

  • Then, the initial cutdown that I started was ineffective and infiltrated into the tissues.

  • After I had completed the cutdown, I went around to the right side of the patient and saw the head wound.

  • Will you describe in lay language what you mean by a cutdown in relationship to what they did in this case?

  • And what, specifically, did you do pursuant to the cutdown on his leg?

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