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undercut

/verb uhn-der-kuht, uhn-der-kuht; noun, adjective, uhn-der-kuht/US // verb ˌʌn dərˈkʌt, ˈʌn dərˌkʌt; noun, adjective, ˈʌn dərˌkʌt //

暗切,暗割,暗减,暗切口

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v.有主动词 verb
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    un·der·cut, un·der·cut·ting.

    • : to cut under or beneath.
    • : to cut away material from so as to leave a portion overhanging, as in carving or sculpture.
    • : to offer goods or services at a lower price or rate than or than that of.
    • : to weaken or destroy the impact or effectiveness of; undermine.
    • : Golf. to hit so as to cause a backspin.
    • : Tennis. to slice using an underhand motion.
    • : to cut with grooves too shallow or with insufficient lateral motion of the stylus.
    • : Forestry. to cut a notch in in order to control the direction in which the tree is to fall.
v.无主动词 verb
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    un·der·cut, un·der·cut·ting.

    • : to undercut material, a competitor, a ball, etc.
n.名词 noun
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    • : a cut or a cutting away underneath.
    • : a notch cut in a tree to determine the direction in which the tree is to fall and to prevent splitting.
    • : a haircut for men or women in which one or both sides and often the back are shaved or cut very short, leaving longer hair at the top of the head: an undercut with a side part.
    • : Golf. a backspin.
    • : Tennis. a slice or cut made with an underhand motion.
    • : Chiefly British. a tenderloin of beef including the fillet.
    • : Dentistry. a tooth cavity prepared with a wide base for anchoring a filling securely.
adj.形容词 adjective
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    • : having or resulting from an undercut.

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Examples

  • Republicans made a compelling argument when they said Cunningham single-handedly managed to undercut his central premise as a candidate about honor and duty as a veteran and family man.

  • This episode undercuts everything that came before that made Rory’s season six journey interesting.

  • Meanwhile, workers are facing new threats to their livelihood from technology and automation, and a Supreme Court that has undercut the financial clout of organized labor.

  • The bank agreed to pay $550 million, but it and other global lenders in the accord felt little lasting hit from markets or customers, undercutting investor fears that a guilty plea would devastate their business.

  • When Sam Walton founded Walmart in 1962, he used a combination of low prices, tight margins, and scale to undercut the competition and grow it into the No.

  • The death toll, which experts believe has been significantly undercut by secret burials, stands at 7,905.

  • Plus, he already had the super trendy “undercut” hairstyle popular with the fashion forward men of today.

  • Obama made clear where he stood when he quickly undercut his $120 billion investment by announcing a drawdown.

  • Satellite television outfits like DirectTV have undercut cable on price and signed up millions of customers.

  • Particularly once people start dying, you have to figure out how to make the humor not undercut the emotion of the piece.

  • The Master was represented seated on a lotus the petals of which were so deeply undercut as to show almost detached.

  • We have already concluded that a roundabout route must be allowed to meet, though not to undercut, the ruling rate.

  • Fig. 216 is a scarfed joint with undercut vee'd ends which prevent the joint from lipping up or down or sideways.

  • The model calls for very accurate workmanship and the joints must not be undercut during the sawing and chiselling operations.

  • But it was a preposterously difficult task to get across an undercut to where he could grasp a stunted tree.

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