1piece cut off from a plant植物剪下的部份ADJECTIVE | VERB + CUTTING | CUTTING + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤leaf, root, stem葉插;根插;枝插VERB + CUTTING➤take折插條CUTTING + VERB➤root, take插條生根/扎根◇You can see whether the cuttings have taken.你能看到插條是否生根了。PREPOSITION➤from a/the cutting用插條◇These plants are easy to propagate from leaf cuttings.這些植物很容易用插葉繁殖。➤cutting from取自⋯的插條◇Take cuttings from mature plants in the spring.春天時從成熟的植物上取插條。cutting
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2 (BrE) piece cut out from a newspaper剪報➡ see also clippingADJECTIVE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤newspaper, press剪報◇She had kept all the press cuttings about the murder.她保存了所有關於那宗謀殺案的剪報。PREPOSITION➤cutting from來自⋯的簡報◇a cutting from 'The Guardian'《衞報》的剪報