单词 | cutback |
释义 | cutbackn. 1. Horticulture. A plant which has been pruned by cutting off shoots close back to the main stem. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > pruning or lopping > lopped or pruned part lopa1641 cutback1897 the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > propagation of plants > [noun] > by cuttings > cutting or slip planteOE plantingeOE quickwoodc1383 graffa1393 sarmenta1398 slivingc1400 springc1400 clavec1420 sleavingc1440 talionc1440 quick1456 quicking1469 graft1483 quickset1484 slip1495 setlingc1503 set1513 pitchset1519 slaving?1523 truncheon1572 stallon1587 crosset1600 marquot1600 sliver1604 secta1616 offset1629 slipping1638 side-slip1651 slift1657 cutting1691 pitcher1707 mallet-shoot1745 root cutting1784 stowing1788 stool1789 pitch1808 heel1822 cutling1834 piping1851 cutback1897 stump plant1953 1897 Garden 21 Aug. 141 The ‘cutbacks’ [sc. young vines] planted in March. 1920 19th Cent. July 173 Too often they [sc. roseries] consist of little more than serried rows of ‘cutbacks’. 1966 Gloss. Landscape Work (B.S.I.) iv. 19 Cut back, a tree or shrub which has been cut back to induce strong growth and subsequently grown on for one or more years. 2. Cinematography. A scene which is a return to a previous action. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > special effect > [noun] > short inserted scene > flashback or flashforward cutback1913 flashforward1928 flashback1947 1913 E. W. Sargent Technique Photoplay (ed. 2) 90 Originally the cut-back was used to close up a gap in the action, to obviate the actual showing of a crime [etc.]. 1916 Technique Photoplay (ed. 3) 360 Cut-back, one or more returns to a previous action, either to avoid the showing of prohibited action, to raise the effect through contrast or to quicken the action. 1927 Sunday Times 27 Feb. 6/4 In the last ten minutes a ‘cut-back’ occurs, and the quarrel and killing are reconstructed. 1927 Sunday Times 15 May 10/5 The discovery of the ‘close-up’ and the ‘cut-back’ has always been accredited to Griffith. 3. A conglomerate product, as bitumen that has been thinned by the addition of lighter oils. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > processed resinous materials > [noun] > bitumen-based compositions asphalt1847 asphalting1854 cutback1936 Orimulsion1987 1936 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 40 547 A layer of sound deadening cement (a conglomerate of asphaltum, lead oxide, cork and rubber, called ‘cut back’ by the automobile trade). 1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 218/1 Cut backs, blends of asphaltic bitumen with various solvents, for use at comparatively low temperatures for road surfacing. 4. A reduction in expenditure, production, etc. Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > moderation or reduction in expenditure > [noun] safety1549 moderation1601 retention1655 retrenchment1667 savation?1670 saving1731 waist-tightening1882 cutback1943 1943 Iron Age 6 May 152 More than 90 per cent of prime contractors holding Army ordnance contracts are now operating..below capacity because of recent cut-backs in ordnance contracts. 1952 Manch. Guardian Weekly 10 Jan. 3 How to get more raw materials to Britain without causing such cutbacks in American civilian production. 1957 Economist 28 Sept. 1009/1 The swingeing cutbacks recently inflicted on China's economic plan. 1965 New Statesman 30 Apr. 673/2 Even if the 20 per cent cutback some have forecast did actually take place in their sector, this would probably mean a loss of not much more than 15,000 houses. 5. Surfing. The turning of the surf-board back towards the wave. Cf. to cut back 6 at cut v. Phrasal verbs. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > water sports except racing > surfing > [noun] > actions of surfer kick-out1801 ride1883 side-slip1913 surf1917 slide1935 pull-out1957 quasimodo1960 head dip1962 nose-riding1962 rolling1962 spinner1962 stalling1962 toes over1962 cutback1963 Eskimo roll1964 re-entry1968 right1968 rollercoaster1968 barrel roll1971 hold-down1982 railing1983 cross-stepping1990 cross-step1994 turtle roll2001 1963 S. Szabados in J. Pollard Austral. Surfrider ii. 19/2 Swing back into the wave while riding it and you do a ‘cut-back’. 1970 Surf 1 x. 9/2 Will also ease up tail pressure in turns and cutbacks. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1897 |
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