cut in

phrasal verbphr v

a) INTERRUPTinterrupt 打断 to interrupt someone who is speaking by saying something 插嘴，打断别人说话

‘What shall I do?’ Patrick cut in again.

“我怎么办呢？”帕特里克又插进来问道。

Sorry to cut in on you, but there are one or two things I don’t understand.

抱歉打断你的话，我有一两个地方不大明白。

b) TTCdriving 开车 to suddenly drive in front of a moving car in a dangerous way 强行超车

She cut in on a red Ford, forcing the driver to brake heavily.

她强行超到一辆红色的福特车前面，害得那位司机只好急车。

c) Tmachine 机器 if a part of a machine cuts in, it starts to operate when it is needed 〔机器的一部分在需要时〕开动，发动

The safety device cuts in automatically.

安全装置在需要时会自动开启。

d) include SB 把某人包括在内 cut somebody in informalTAKE PART/BE INVOLVED to allow someone to take part in a plan or to make money from it 让某人加入〔某项计划〕；让某人分享利润

cut somebody in on

Come on, Joey, you promised to cut me in on this one!

得了，乔伊，你说过这次也算我一份的！

Examples from the Corpus

cut in• Lila cut in again, answering before he could even open his mouth.• "There's this nice guy...' "I'm not interested, '' Roz cut in, laughing.• They're proposing cuts in the number of troops in the area.

cut on• He stretched and picked up the phone, but before he could dial he realised he had cut in on a conversation.• But, at the very least, we want to be cut in on the deal.• Even now, we still want to be cut in on the deal.