| 单词 | cut-and-cover |
| 释义 | cut-and-cover[ kuht-n-kuhv-er ] / ˈkʌt nˈkʌv ər / nouna method for digging a tunnel, laying pipe, etc., by cutting a trench, constructing the tunnel or laying the pipe in it, and covering with the excavated material. Origin of cut-and-coverFirst recorded in 1830–40 Words nearby cut-and-covercut across, cut a deal, cut adrift, cut along, cut a long story short, cut-and-cover, cut-and-dried, cut and fill, cut-and-paste, cut and run, cut and thrust Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cut-and-cover
British Dictionary definitions for cut-and-covercut-and-cover adjectivedesignating a method of constructing a tunnel by excavating a cutting to the required depth and then backfilling the excavation over the tunnel roof Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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