截[jié] 基本解释：
新英汉大词典：
- 截[jié]
- 动词- （切断; 割断） cut; sever:
cut in two;截成两段
He cut the sugarcane into several pieces.他把甘蔗截成几节。
- （阻拦） stop; check; stem; intercept:stop a bolting horse;把惊马截住
dam a river;截流
- 量词- （段） section; chunk; length:
half a piece of chalk;半截粉笔
a section of a log;一截木头
- 介词- （截止） by (a specified time); up to:
by the end of this month;截至本月底
Up to the 20th of May about 500 people have visited the art exhibition.截至5月20日有近500人看了画展。
以上内容来源于：《新汉英大辞典》
例句与用法：
I think it would be a kindness to tell him the bad news straight away.
A stone, such as limestone, that is soft enough to be cut easily without shattering or splitting.
A section or piece of such a tube.
The electricity supply has been cut off/disconnected at the mains.
We were cut off by the tide.
截的其他解释: