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单词 cutback
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cutbackn.

Etymology: < to cut back at cut v. Phrasal verbs.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcut-back.
1. Horticulture. A plant which has been pruned by cutting off shoots close back to the main stem.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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