(TTS發音) 1. make sth. fall by cutting 砍倒
Many big trees along the road have been cut down for building houses. 路旁的許多大樹都被砍掉建房了。
2. reduce；lessen 削減；降低
This factory's production has been cut down. 這家工廠的生產減少了。
Strenuous efforts have been made to cut down government expenses to a desirable level. 政府已盡力把開支削減到了一個理想的水平。
In the end，I cut the dealer down by another＄ 5.00. 最後我使商販把價格又減少了5美元。
The workers are doing all they can to cut down the accident rate. 工人們正在盡一切努力降低事故率。
3. deprive of life or health（by disease，etc. ）因疾病等奪去生命
The man was cut down in his primeof manhood by a pneumonia. 那人因患肺炎而英年早逝。
4. destroy（an argument）駁倒
His arguments are very easy to cut down. 他的論點很容易被駁倒。
He was so eloquent that he cut down the finest orator. 他非常能言善辯，駁倒了最好的演說家。
5. reduce the size of（clothes，etc. ）改小或縮短（衣服等）
The tailor is cutting down my dress. 裁縫正在把我的衣服改小。
