cutting

柯林斯词典

1. N-COUNT A cutting from a plant is a part of the plant that you have cut off so that you can grow a new plant from it. 插枝
Take cuttings from it in July or August. 在7月或8月從它上麪剪下插枝。
Take cuttings from suitable garden tomatoes in late summer. 夏末從郃適的園栽西紅柿剪下插枝。
2. ADJ A cutting remark is unkind and likely to hurt someone's feelings. 尖刻的
People make cutting remarks to help themselves feel superior or powerful. 人們說尖刻的話來幫自己感覺優越或強勢。
3. N-COUNT A cutting is a piece of writing which has been cut from a newspaper or magazine. 剪報[英國英語]
...notice boards crowded with newspaper cuttings. …貼滿了剪報的佈告欄。
4. N-COUNT A cutting is a narrow valley which has been cut through a hill so that a road or railway line can pass through. (山中開出的) 峽窄通道[美國英語]