English Dictionary

cutting

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈkʌtɪŋ/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 イギリス英語

(countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to cut. / (countable) A newspaper clipping.

日本語の意味

切る行為、切断のアクション / 新聞記事の切り抜き

The cutting of the old tree took longer than expected.

その古い木を切る作業は予想より時間がかかった。

意味（1）

(countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to cut.

How many different cuttings can this movie undergo?

意味（2）

(countable) A newspaper clipping.

Extract from Newspaper Cuttings relating to Sussex, (Sussex Archaeological Collections, 1872, pp. 140, 141.)

意味（3）

(countable, horticulture) A leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant.

To propagate by cuttings, is to cut off the branch or ſtem of a Plant, and to ſet it in the Earth without Roots. Strip it of leaves and branches, Plant deeper than theſe with Roots, and in a rich and moiſt ſoil, keeping it watered and ſhaded, Untill Rooted; cut off their Tops ſave Greens, as if your cutting be 12 Inches long, let 9 be under, and 3 above ground.

意味（4）

(countable) An abridged selection of written work, often intended for performance.

The actor had to make his cutting shorter to fit the audition time.

意味（5）

(countable, Britain) An open passage at a level lower than the surrounding terrain, dug for a canal, railway, or road to go through.

[T]he railway, however, will require a farther outlay to render it complete, though the locomotive engine has passed over every foot of ground from Liverpool to Salford. The slopes of the cuttings want dressing, and several of them want protecting with foot walls.

意味（6）

(uncountable, cinematography, sound engineering) The editing of film or other recordings.

意味（7）

(uncountable, machining) The process of bringing metals to a desired shape by chipping away the unwanted material.

Boring, drilling, milling, and turning are all different kinds of metal cutting processes.

意味（8）

(uncountable, psychology) The act of cutting one's own skin as a symptom of a mental disorder; self-harm.

Cutting has become one of the most popular forms of self-injury, but there are others at well, and each is just as dangerous as cutting. The information here might help you recognize the signs of self-injury in others.

cuttings （ plural ）