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单词 cutting-in
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cutting-in
c. cutting-in:
(a) See to cut in 3 at cut v. Phrasal verbs.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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