cutting

noun

/ˈkʌtɪŋ/

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(also press cutting)
(both British English)
(also clipping, press clipping North American English, British English)
an article or a story that you cut from a newspaper or magazine and keep
- newspaper/press cuttings
Extra Examples
- She had kept all the press cuttings about the murder.
- a cutting from ‘The Guardian’
Topics TV, radio and newsc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- newspaper
- press
preposition
- cutting from
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a piece cut off a plant that will be used to grow a new plant
- Take geranium cuttings in late summer.
Extra Examples
- After about four weeks you will be able to see whether the cuttings have taken.
- Take cuttings from mature plants in the spring.
- These plants are easy to propagate from leaf cuttings.
- You can see whether the cuttings have taken.
Topics Plants and treesc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- leaf
- root
- stem
- …
verb + cutting
- take
cutting + verb
- root
- take
preposition
- from a/the cutting
- cutting from
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(British English) a narrow open passage that is dug through high ground for a road, railway or canalTopics Transport by bus and trainc2

cutting

adjective

/ˈkʌtɪŋ/

[usually before noun]

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unkind and likely to hurt somebody’s feelings synonym biting
- a cutting remark
- There was a cutting reference to Taylor’s failure to secure a deal.
Topics Personal qualitiesc2
(of winds) cold in a sharp and unpleasant way synonym biting

单词	cutting
释义	cutting noun /ˈkʌtɪŋ/ /ˈkʌtɪŋ/ jump to other results (also press cutting) (both British English) (also clipping, press clipping North American English, British English) an article or a story that you cut from a newspaper or magazine and keep newspaper/press cuttings Extra Examples She had kept all the press cuttings about the murder. a cutting from ‘The Guardian’ Topics TV, radio and newsc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective newspaper press preposition cutting from See full entry a piece cut off a plant that will be used to grow a new plant Take geranium cuttings in late summer. Extra Examples After about four weeks you will be able to see whether the cuttings have taken. Take cuttings from mature plants in the spring. These plants are easy to propagate from leaf cuttings. You can see whether the cuttings have taken. Topics Plants and treesc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective leaf root stem … verb + cutting take cutting + verb root take preposition from a/the cutting cutting from See full entry (British English) a narrow open passage that is dug through high ground for a road, railway or canalTopics Transport by bus and trainc2 see also cost-cutting cutting adjective /ˈkʌtɪŋ/ /ˈkʌtɪŋ/ [usually before noun] jump to other results unkind and likely to hurt somebody’s feelings synonym biting a cutting remark There was a cutting reference to Taylor’s failure to secure a deal. Topics Personal qualitiesc2 (of winds) cold in a sharp and unpleasant way synonym biting
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