单词 | cutting-in |
释义 | > as lemmascutting-in c. cutting-in: extracted from cuttingn. (a) See to cut in 3 at cut v. Phrasal verbs. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > [noun] > art of driving horse-drawn vehicle > specific manoeuvre cutting-in1856 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > [noun] > driving or operating a motor vehicle > specific manoeuvres reversing1896 U-turn1915 cutting-in1925 doughnut1951 cut-in1958 U-ey1976 1856 G. J. Whyte-Melville Kate Coventry iii After much ‘cutting in’, and shaving of wheels and lashing of horses. 1925 Don'ts for Motorists 55 Cutting in is another evil practice. 1930 Times 26 Mar. 11/3 [He] said one of the most serious offences was ‘cutting in’, and the motorist who was passed in this way would be the only witness against the offending driver. 1960 News Chron. 7 June 1/2 Bad overtaking and cutting-in—normal faults of holiday drivers. (b) See to cut in 4 at cut v. Phrasal verbs. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > ball or dance > [noun] > cutting in cut-in1920 cutting-in1920 1920 F. S. Fitzgerald This Side of Paradise i. ii. 78 The reassured beaux and the eternal cutting in. 1928 Daily Express 14 Dec. 19 The American practice known as ‘cutting-in’..consists..of any man who wishes to dance tapping the shoulder of another man who is already dancing and abducting his partner. (c) The action of starting an engine by some device which closes the circuit. Also used of the engine itself, and attributive. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [adjective] > specific parts float-feed1902 thermo-siphonic1920 cutting-in1924 downdraught1929 wet1935 choke1959 1924 A. W. Judge Mod. Motor Cars III. 74 When the dynamo speed is low, the spring holds the contacts apart, but as soon as the ‘cutting-in’ speed is attained [etc.]. 1928 Motor Manual (ed. 27) 110 A dynamo has what is termed a definite ‘cutting-in’ speed, which means that at, say, 400 revolutions per minute, it begins to generate effective current, which, by the action of a device known as the cut-out, connects the dynamo to the battery and charges it. < as lemmas |
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