截jiéⅠ ❶ (切断；割断) cut;sever: ～ 成两段 cut in two；
他把甘蔗 ～ 成几节。 He cut the sugarcane into several pieces. 敌人的退路已被 ～ 断。 The enemy's line of retreat was cut off.
❷ （阻拦） stop;check;stem;intercept: 把惊马 ～ 住 stop a bolting horse；～ 流 dam a rive; ～ 球 intercept a pass；
警察在路上 ～ 住交通，以搜查可疑的车辆。 Police intercepted the traffic on the roads to examine vehicles under suspicion. 这封电报将把他 ～ 在巴黎。 The telegram will intercept him at Paris. Ⅱ （段） section;chunk;length: 半 ～ 粉笔 half a piece of chalk；
一 ～ 木头 a section of a log；
他话说了半 ～ 儿，又缩回去了。 He broke off half way and said no more. 安得倚天抽宝剑，把汝裁为三 ～？ 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人看了画展。 Up to the 20th of May about 500 people have visited the art exhibition.
◆截长补短 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；
截断 cut off;block;truncature;truncation;disconnect;break;shear;truncate;cut short;interrupt；
截获 intercept and capture；
截击 intercept;interception;collision；
截口 section；
截留 hold back;retain for one's own use；
截流 dam a river;closure；
截面 {数} {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；
截瘫 {医} paraplegia；
截头 butt;docking；
截枝 lopping；
截枝更新 regeneration by stem-shoots；
截肢 {医} amputation；
截止 end;close;{电} cut-off;abort;blockage;paralysis;closure;bottoming;rejection;stoppage；
截趾适履 cut the toes to fit the shoes — a foolish measure or action；
截至 by (a specified time);up to;as of |