cut offとは

意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

cut off (三人称単数 現在形 cuts off, 現在分詞 cutting off, 過去形および過去分詞形 cut off)

1. (transitive) To remove via cutting.

   Synonyms: prune, trim

   Hyponym: amputate

2. (transitive) To isolate or remove from contact.
   • 1956, Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, page 37:

     The entranced spectator was cut off from reality as long as the adventure lasted; it was as if he lived a dream yet believed he was awake.

3. To stop the provision or supply of something, e.g. power, water.
   • 1962 April, R. K. Evans, “The Acceptance Testing of Diesel Locomotives”, in Modern Railways, page 268:

     The first English Electric units were not fitted with an anti-slip brake, but a hurried consultation of the wiring diagram showed that it should be possible to hold in the low-voltage anti-slip relay for long enough to let speed build up without cutting off the motor current.

4. (transitive) To stop providing funds to (someone).

   His parents cut him off to encourage him to find a job.

5. (transitive) To end abruptly.

   My phone call was cut off before I could get the information.

6. (transitive) To interrupt (someone speaking).

   That dingbat cut me off as I was about to conclude my thesis.

7. (transitive) To swerve in front of (another car) while driving.
8. (transitive, US, regional, Southern US) To turn off or switch off (an electrical device).

   Cut off the lamp so I can get some sleep.

形容詞

cut-off (comparative more cut-off, superlative most cut-off)

1. Having had shirt sleeves or pantlegs shortened by cutting material from the end.

参照

• “cut-off” in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press.

アナグラム

• offcut

語源

cut +‎ off

名詞

cutoff (複数形 cutoffs)

1. The point at which something terminates or to which it is limited.
   1. (medicine) A cutoff point (cutoff value, threshold value, cutpoint): the amount set by an operational definition as the transition point between states in a discretization or dichotomization.
2. A road, path or channel that provides a shorter or quicker path; a shortcut.
3. A device that stops the flow of a current.
4. A device for saving steam by regulating its admission to the cylinder (see quotation at cut-off).
5. A cessation in a flow or activity.
   • 1985, Alfred Brenner, The TV Scriptwriter's Handbook (page 144)

     If the treatment is approved, a script is written. If the script is approved, it goes into production. But this is usually a long and painful process. A cutoff can take place (かつ often does) at any step along the way.

6. (poker) The player who acts directly before the player on the button pre-flop.
7. (fashion, chiefly in the plural) Shorts made by cutting off the legs from trousers.
   • 2021 July 22, Guy Trebay, “Suddenly It’s Bare Season”, in The New York Times‎^[1], ISSN 0362-4331:

     […] I spotted through the window a young woman casually crossing Astor Place wearing a pair of cutoffs, some sandals and — it is fully legal to do this — naked above the waist.

8. (journalism) A horizontal line separating sections of the page.
   • 1919, The Washington Newspaper

     Light-face type, cutoffs, borders and rules are the universal plan. No black body matter and almost no black headlines appear.