undercut

undercut
(-cutting: past and past participle -cut)
[with obj.]
  1. offer goods or services at a lower price than (a competitor)
    低于(对手)价格出售(商品,服务)
    these industries have been undercut by more efficient foreign producers.
    这些工业遇上更有效率的外国厂商的低价销售。
  2. cut or wear away the part below or under (something, especially a cliff)
    冲击;破坏(尤指悬崖)
    ■(figurative)weaken; undermine
    (喻)削弱;暗中破坏
    the chairman denied his authority was being undercut.
    主席否认自己的权威受到削弱。
    ■cut away material to leave (a carved design) in relief
    底切,掏空
  3. (Tennis)strike (a ball) with backspin so that it rises high in the air
    (网球)下旋削(球)
noun
  1. a space formed by the removal or absence of material from the lower part of something, such as a cliff, a coal seam, or part of a carving in relief
    (悬崖、煤矿、凸雕等)底切;掏空
    ■(N. Amer.)a notch cut in a tree trunk to guide its fall when felled
    (主北美)反锯口,逆锯口
  2. (Brit.)the underside of a sirloin of beef
    (英)牛里脊;牛腰部软肉
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