- (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 ExamplesTopics TV, radio and newsc1She 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
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- newspaper
- press
- cutting from
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 ExamplesTopics Plants and treesc1After 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- leaf
- root
- stem
- …
- take
- root
- take
- from a/the cutting
- cutting from
- (British English)
a narrow open passage that is dug through high ground for a road, railway or canal Topics Transport by bus and trainc2(为修道路、铁路或运河从高地开凿出来的)路堑,河道 see also cost-cutting