| 单词 | cutter-out |
| 释义 | > as lemmascutter-out b. With adverbs, as cutter-down, cutter-off, cutter-out (also spec. in U.S., Australian, and New Zealand one who separates cattle from a herd: see to cut out 4 at cut v. Phrasal verbs), etc. cutter-in, (a) in Whaling, one who cuts up a whale so as to remove the blubber (cf. to cut in 2 at cut v. Phrasal verbs); (b) a motorist who cuts in between or in front of vehicles (cf. to cut in 3 at cut v. Phrasal verbs). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > [noun] > carrying out specific processes > cutting out > one who shepster1377 cutter-out1824 cutter1885 society > occupation and work > industry > whaling and seal-hunting > whaling > cutting up whale or seal > [noun] > one who skins whales flencher1820 cutter-in1843 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [noun] > droving > cutting-out > person cutter-out1910 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > [noun] > driver of motor vehicle > who cuts between other vehicles cutter-in1928 weaver1960 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Avalleur, a..feller, cutter downe. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) i. ii. 47 The cutter off of natures witte. View more context for this quotation 1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 20 She was accomplished in all the arts of the needle..a capital cutter-out. 1843 E. Dieffenbach Trav. N.Z. I. ii. 51 [The tongue] is a monopoly of the ‘tonguer’ or ‘cutter-in’. 1885 R. F. Burton tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainm. I. xii. 114 Fifty horsemen..cutters-off of the highway, wild as wild Arabs. 1910 C. E. Mulford Hopalong Cassidy iii. 28 Each of the cutters-out rode after some calf. 1920 C. E. Mulford Johnny Nelson xxv. 259 There was only one pair of ropers..and only three cutters-out. 1928 Daily Express 5 June 9/1 The cutters-in, and the speed-at-any-price merchants who spoil travelling. 1928 Daily Express 26 June 10/2 The cutter-in and the speeder-up..are the causes of..accidents. 1940 E. C. Studholme Te Waimate (1954) xvi. 136 The ‘cutter-out’ rode through [the cattle], and after spotting the beast he wanted, would follow it out to the edge of the mob. < as lemmas |
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