cutting

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月從它上面剪下插枝。

Take cuttings from suitable garden tomatoes in late summer. 夏末從合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(yōu)越或強(qiáng)勢。

3. N-COUNT A cutting is a piece of writing which has been cut from a newspaper or magazine. 剪報(bào)[英國英語]

...notice boards crowded with newspaper cuttings. …貼滿了剪報(bào)的布告欄。

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]