截jiéⅠ ? ? (切斷；割斷) cut;sever: ～ 成兩段 cut in two；
他把甘蔗 ～ 成幾節(jié)。 He cut the sugarcane into several pieces. 敵人的退路已被 ～ 斷。 The enemy's line of retreat was cut off.
? （阻攔） stop;check;stem;intercept: 把驚馬 ～ 住 stop a bolting horse；～ 流 dam a rive; ～ 球 intercept a pass；
警察在路上 ～ 住交通，以搜查可疑的車輛。 Police intercepted the traffic on the roads to examine vehicles under suspicion. 這封電報將把他 ～ 在巴黎。 The telegram will intercept him at Paris. Ⅱ ? （段） section;chunk;length: 半 ～ 粉筆 half a piece of chalk；
一 ～ 木頭 a section of a log；
他話說了半 ～ 兒，又縮回去了。 He broke off half way and said no more. 安得倚天抽寶劍，把汝裁為三 ～？ Could I but lean against the sky / And draw my sword to cut you into three! Ⅲ ? （截止） by (a specified time);up to: ～ 至本月底 by the end of this month；～ 至5月20日有近500人看了畫展。 Up to the 20th of May about 500 people have visited the art exhibition.
◆截長補短 cut off from the long to support the deficiency of the short;make up a deficiency by the [a] surplus;make up for each other's deficiencies (and learn from each other)；
截短 brachytmema;truncation;truncature;dock；
截段 intercept;interception；
截斷 cut off;block;truncature;truncation;disconnect;break;shear;truncate;cut short;interrupt；
截獲 intercept and capture；
截擊 intercept;interception;collision；
截口 section；
截留 hold back;retain for one's own use；
截流 dam a river;closure；
截面 {數(shù)} {物} section;cross section;crossover;scarf;scarph；
截然 sharply;completely;entirely；
截然不同 as like as an apple is to an oyster;as like as chalk and cheese;different as black and white;entirely different;no more alike than chalk and cheese;poles apart；
截癱 {醫(yī)} paraplegia；
截頭 butt;docking；
截枝 lopping；
截枝更新 regeneration by stem-shoots；
截肢 {醫(yī)} amputation；
截止 end;close;{電} cut-off;abort;blockage;paralysis;closure;bottoming;rejection;stoppage；
截趾適履 cut the toes to fit the shoes — a foolish measure or action；
截至 by (a specified time);up to;as of |