cutthroat

大学 FREQ #27078

n. 凶手, 谋杀者 a. 杀人的, 残酷的

发音

其它 /ˈkʌtθɹoʊt/

词形变化

cutthroats 复数 cutthroats more cutthroat 比较级 most cutthroat 最高级

别名

cut throat cut-throat

教材释义与例句

名词

谋杀者；凶手

形容词

残酷的；杀人的；剧烈的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A murderer who slits the throats of victims.

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    An unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person.

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  3. 3.

    A three-player pocket billiards game where the object is to be the last player with at least one ball still on the table.

    不可数 可数
  4. 4.

    Ellipsis of cutthroat compound (“an agentive-instrumental verb-noun compound word”).

    可数 不可数 语言学
adj.
  1. 1.

    Involving the cutting of throats.

  2. 2.

    Of or relating to a card game where everyone plays for him or herself rather than playing with a partner.

    He found that playing cutthroat Spades was much more difficult than playing with a partner.

  3. 3.

    Ruthlessly competitive, dog-eat-dog.

    Law is a cutthroat business, you always have to look out to see who is trying to outdo you.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

murderer liquidator manslayer
形容词

同义词 2

fierce bowelless

近义相关 2

merciless unmerciful

相关短语

cutthroat eel cutthroat eels cutthroat trout 割喉鳟；切喉鳟 cutthroat compound cutthroat compounds cutthroat razor cut-throat razor 刀片长的剃须刀（或刮胡刀） Yellowstone cutthroat trout Yellowstone cutthroat trouts

词源

From cut + throat.

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