cutting

noun

/ˈkʌtɪŋ/

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(also press cutting)
(both British English)
(also clipping, press clipping North American English, British English)
an article or a story that you cut from a newspaper or magazine and keep剪报；杂志剪辑资料
- newspaper/press cuttings剪报
Extra Examples
- She had kept all the press cuttings about the murder.她保存了所有关于那宗谋杀案的剪报。
- a cutting from ‘The Guardian’《卫报》的剪报
Topics TV, radio and newsc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- newspaper
- press
preposition
- cutting from
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a piece cut off a plant that will be used to grow a new plant插枝，插条（从植物上截取的一段供扦插的枝条）
- Take geranium cuttings in late summer.夏末取天竺葵插条。
Extra Examples
- After about four weeks you will be able to see whether the cuttings have taken.大约4周以后，你就能看到插条是否扎根了。
- Take cuttings from mature plants in the spring.春天时从成熟的植物上取插条。
- These plants are easy to propagate from leaf cuttings.这些植物很容易用插叶繁殖。
- You can see whether the cuttings have taken.你能看到插条是否生根了。
Topics Plants and treesc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- leaf
- root
- stem
- …
verb + cutting
- take
cutting + verb
- root
- take
preposition
- from a/the cutting
- cutting from
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(British English) a narrow open passage that is dug through high ground for a road, railway or canal（为修道路、铁路或运河从高地开凿出来的）路堑，河道Topics Transport by bus and trainc2

cutting

adjective

/ˈkʌtɪŋ/

[usually before noun]

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unkind and likely to hurt somebody’s feelings尖刻的；刻薄的；挖苦人的 synonym biting
- a cutting remark尖酸刻薄的言辞
- There was a cutting reference to Taylor’s failure to secure a deal.对泰勒未能达成交易的说法有所删减。
Topics Personal qualitiesc2
(of winds风) cold in a sharp and unpleasant way凛冽的；刺骨的 synonym biting