| 单词 | cutting |
| 释义 | cutting (once / 173 pages) 1nadj 2n 3n 4adj WORD FAMILY cutting: cuttingly, cuttings+/cut: cuts, cuttable, cutter, cutting, uncut, undercut/cutter: cutters/undercut: undercuts, undercutting USAGE EXAMPLESAt her workbench, she uses a microscope while cutting and removing tiny bits of metal with a sharp blade called a graver. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) Louisville captures N.C.A.A. men’s basketball championship, placed on probation in emotional ceremony while cutting down net. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) She also recommends selling what you don’t need and cutting unnecessary expenses, such as premium cable. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge Syn|Hypo|Hyper cut nick, notch, snick a small cut gash, slasha strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument incision, section, surgical incisionthe cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation) gastromysurgical incision into the stomach perineotomysurgical incision into the perineum laparotomysurgical incision into the abdominal wall; often done to examine abdominal organs orchotomysurgical incision into the testis to obtain material for analysis (as in cases of abnormally low sperm count) sclerotomysurgical incision of the sclerotic coat of the eye nephrotomyincision into a kidney (usually to remove a kidney stone) thoracotomysurgical incision into the chest walls opening up the pleural cavity valvotomy, valvulotomyincision into a stenosed cardiac valve to relieve the obstruction phlebotomy, venesectionsurgical incision into a vein; used to treat hemochromatosis vasosection, vasotomysurgical incision into or division of the vas deferens opening becoming open or being made open 2adj painful as if caused by a sharp instrument a cutting wind Syn keen, knifelike, lancinate, lancinating, piercing, stabbing sharp keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point 3adj (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character 2cutting remarks Syn edged, stinging unkind lacking kindness 1n the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends Syn|Hypo|Hyper cut, cutting off clip, clipping, snip the act of clipping or snipping haircutthe act of cutting the hair clipping, trim, trimmingcutting down to the desired size or shape shearingremoving by cutting off or clipping pruningthe act of trimming a plant sheepshearingact of shearing sheep nip, pincha small sharp bite or snip shortening act of decreasing in length 2n the act of cutting something into parts Syn|Hypo|Hyper cut severance, severing the act of severing dissectioncutting so as to separate into pieces scissionthe act of dividing by cutting or splitting slicingthe act of cutting into slices undercuta cut made underneath to remove material division the act or process of dividing 3n a piece cut off from the main part of something Hypo|Hyper pruning something that has been pruned off of a plant part, piece a portion of a natural object 4n an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine Syn|Hyper clipping, newspaper clipping, press clipping, press cutting excerpt, excerption, extract, selection a passage selected from a larger work 5n a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting Syn|Hypo|Hyper slip quickset cuttings of plants set in the ground to grow as hawthorn for hedges or vines stalk, stem a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ 6n removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape Syn|Hypo|Hyper carving petroglyph a carving or line drawing on rock (especially one made by prehistoric people) truncationthe replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces) creating by removal the act of creating by removing something 7n the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film Syn|Hyper film editing creating by removal the act of creating by removing something 8n the division of a deck of cards before dealing 3Syn|Hyper cut division the act or process of dividing n the act of diluting something 4the cutting of whiskey with water Syn|Hyper thinning dilution weakening (reducing the concentration) by the addition of water or a thinner adj unpleasantly cold and damp Syn bleak, raw cold having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration |
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