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Cutting Cut N Count 可数名词 Plant Newspaper   [Brit 英

英语单词 cutting
英美音标 英 ['kʌtɪŋ] 美 ['kʌtɪŋ]
中文释义 n.切断;切下;开凿;插条;剪报
adj.挖苦的;刺骨的
动词cut的现在分词.
英语例句 (1) He took a cutting from a rose.
(2) He saved many cuttings from newspaper.
中文例句 (1) 他从玫瑰树上剪下一枝插条。
(2) 他保存了很多剪报。
柯林斯解释
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]剪报;杂志剪辑资料 A cutting is a piece of writing which has been cut from a newspaper or magazine.
  [BRIT 英]
  • ...a stack of old photographs and newspaper cuttings...

    一堆旧照片和剪报

  • Here are the press cuttings and reviews.

    这是些新闻剪辑和评论。

in AM, use 美国英语用 clipping
2
[N-COUNT 可数名词](从植物上剪下的)插枝,插条 A cutting from a plant is a part of the plant that you have cut off so that you can grow a new plant from it.
  • Take cuttings from it in July or August.

    7月或8月时从它上边剪一些插枝。

3
[N-COUNT 可数名词](在山中开凿的供铁路或道路通过的)狭窄通道,路堑 A cutting is a narrow valley cut through a hill so that a railway line or road can pass through.
  [BRIT 英]
    in AM, use 美国英语用 cut
    4
    [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]尖刻的;挖苦人的 A cutting remark is unkind and likely to hurt someone's feelings.
    • People make cutting remarks to help themselves feel superior or powerful.

      人们说话尖酸刻薄是为了使自己感觉高高在上或是有权有势。

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