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单词 cork-cutter
释义 ˈcork-cutter
[f. cork n.1 + cut v.]
1. One whose occupation is to cut cork into stoppers for bottles, bungs, etc.
1709Lond. Gaz. No. 4574/4 Felix Oneall, Cork-Cutter.1836–9Dickens Sk. Boz (1850) 181/2 Her deceased betterhalf had been an eminent cork-cutter.
2. An instrument or machine for cutting corks.
So ˈcork-cutting vbl. n.
1756W. Toldervy Two Orphans IV. 101 Many of the inhabitants, who were of the cork-cutting profession.1875Ure Dict. Arts I. 952 In the art of cork-cutting the French surpass the English.
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