cut off
phrasal verbcut somebody off
- [often passive]
to interrupt somebody who is speaking on the phone by breaking the connection 中断（电话通话） to refuse to let somebody receive any of your property after you die 剥夺继承权
cut somebody/something off
to interrupt somebody and stop them from speaking 打断（某人并阻止其讲话） - [often passive]
to stop the supply of something to somebody 停止，中断（供给）
cut something off
- (also cut something off something)
to remove something from something larger by cutting 切掉；割掉；砍掉；剪掉 He had his finger cut off in an accident at work. 他在一次工伤中被切断了手指。 - (figurative)
The winner cut ten seconds off (= ran the distance ten seconds faster than) the world record. 获胜者比世界纪录快了十秒。
to block or get in the way of something 阻碍；阻挡；堵塞
cut somebody/something off (from somebody/something)
- [often passive]
to prevent somebody/something from leaving or reaching a place or communicating with people outside a place 切断…的去路（或来路）；使…与外界隔绝