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单词 slashing
释义 slashing
I. noun
(-s)
Etymology: from gerund of slash (I)
1. : the act or process of slashing : the work of a slasher: as
 a. : the illegal use of a slashing weapon (as a blade or knife)
  < a three month sentence for slashingSpringfield (Massachusetts) Union >
 b. : the sizing of yarn by a slasher
  < yarn sizing or slashing has become a fine art — H.R.Mauersberger >
2.
 a. : an insert or underlayer of contrasting color revealed by a slash (as in a garment)
  < the pink with the chocolate slashing in the skirt — R.P.Warren >
 b. : the slash that reveals such an insert or underlayer
  < a different material being sewn under the slashings — Sophia Caulfield & Blanche Saward >
3.
 a. : an open tract of forest land covered with slash
  < less forest and more open, hot, shadeless, weed-grown slashing — Ernest Hemingway >
 b. : the slash in such a tract
  < dug out stumps, cut slashingAmerican Guide Series: Oregon >
  — usually used in plural
  < using a power saw to salvage worthless pine slashings — Frank Cameron >
  < flinging aside the slashings — J.S.Qualey >
II. adjective
Etymology: from present participle of slash (I)
1. : incisively satiric : unsparingly critical or censorious
 < his terrible slashing wit, his fine scorn of stupidity — John Reed >
 < a slashing attack on religious hypocrisy and scientific nonsense — R.A.Cordell >
2. : dashing, spirited, vigorous
 < a slashing fellow >
3. : huge, immense, splendid
 < a slashing fortune at her disposal — Charles Dickens >
4. : that strikes with a blow or a succession of blows like those used in slashing : pelting, driving, biting
 < slashing southeaster >
5. : vivid, brilliant, flashing
 < slashing juxtapositions of blacks and whites — R.M.Coates >
 < bold slashing green canvas — Sydney (Australia) Bulletin >
slash·ing·ly adverb
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