1.cutdown砍倒;削减;缩小
[教材原句]Deserts are also created because people cutdown trees and dig up grass.(P31)沙漠的产生也是因为人们砍伐树木和破坏草皮造成的。
语境巧练
[用适当的介词或副词填空]
①I recommended that you cut the cost.
②Don’ t cut when someone else is talking.
③What they are supposed to do is cut down government spending.
④The village was cut by heavy snow for a month.
[单句写作]
⑤我们到清华大学去,不是走的大路,而是抄的近路。
We Tsinghua University,avoiding the main road.
考点必记
(1)cut down on削减,减少
cut off切断;中断;隔绝
cut across走捷径;抄近路穿过
cut in插嘴;超车;插入
cut open切开
cut out切下,剪下;删除
cut short中断;打断;缩短
cut through抄近路穿过;刺穿;剪断
cut up切碎;抨击;使伤心
cut...into halves把……切成两半
(2)have one’s hair cut理发
take a short cut抄近道
