1. cut into small pieces 切碎
Please cut the apple up into equal pieces. 請把蘋果切成大小相同的塊。
The cook was cutting up the meat for making jiaozi. 廚師正在切肉包餃子。
The tailor cut up a large piece of cloth to make one shirt for me and two for my son. 裁縫把一大塊布裁開給我做一件襯衣,給我兒子做兩件。
2. wound 受傷
Her face was badly cut up in the car crash. 她的面部在車禍中嚴重受傷。
3. cause suffering to hurt the feeling of;upset 使痛心;使難過
She was very cut up about her father's death. 她父親的去世使她悲痛萬分。
The boy was badly cut up when his girlfriend gave him back his ring. 當女朋友還給他戒指時,這男孩非常傷心。
There is no need to be so cut up at not succeeding this time. 不必因這次沒成功就這樣難過。
This news has cut him up. 這消息使他心煩意亂。
4. attack;criticize 攻擊;批評
His book was severely cut up by the critics. 他的書遭到評論家的嚴厲批評。
5. behave in a comic,boisterous or unruly manner 行為滑稽;吵吵鬧鬧;不守規矩
The boys cut up when the old folks were away. 大人一走開,孩子們就開始胡鬧起來。
At the party they cut up and broke the chairs. 他們在晚會上胡鬧並把椅子弄壞了。
6. destroy or severely damage 嚴重破壞;毀壞;受傷
The machine guns cut up the enemy like knives. 機關槍象刀子一樣切入敵軍心髒摧毀了敵軍。