| 释义 |
fine-cut, a. and n.
[fine adv.]
A. adj.
a. Finely cut, delicately chiselled.
b. Cut so as to be fine; fig. cut down to narrow limits.
1837Knickerbocker IX. 268 He ejected a quid from his mouth, that would have shamed in size the largest paper of Lorillard's fine-cut chewing tobacco. 1878Congress. Rec. 5 June 4164/2 Gentlemen of fortune..can very well afford..to chew their fine-cut tobacco. 1894Daily News 9 Jan. 5/2 These days of fine-cut profit on safe monetary business.
B. n.
a. A kind of fine-cut tobacco.
1844Knickerbocker XXIII. 288, I thrust a ball of ‘Mrs. Miller's fine cut’..between the sub-maxillary bone and its carnal casement. 1864Congress. Globe 3 June 2707/3 On tobacco, cavendish, plug, twist, fine cut, and manufactured of all descriptions. 1909‘O. Henry’ Roads of Destiny xxi. 355 Haven't got a chew of fine-cut on you, have you? 1939–40Army & Navy Stores Catal. 84/3 Smoking mixtures..(coarse and fine cuts).
b. (See quot.)
1959W. S. Sharps Dict. Cinematogr. 96/1 Fine cut, in editing,..the term used for the workprint after the rough cut has been further edited. |