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clear-cut

/kleer-kuht for 1, 2; kleer-kuht for 3-5/US // ˈklɪərˈkʌt for 1, 2; ˈklɪərˌkʌt for 3-5 //

明确,明确的,鲜明的,明确规定

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : formed with or having clearly defined outlines: a face with clear-cut features.
    • : unambiguously clear; completely evident; definite: His sale of secrets was a clear-cut example of treachery.
    • : of or relating to a section of forest where all trees have been cut down for harvesting.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a section of forest where all trees have been cut down for harvesting.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    clear-cut, clear-cut·ting.

    • : to fell all the trees in for harvesting.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.definite

Examples

  • The story of fluoridation reads like a postmodern fable, and the moral is clear: a scientific discovery might seem like a boon.

  • But the tide was turning on this issue, an email from another constituent made clear.

  • The use of slurs from both characters makes it clear just how “new” the idea of an openly gay son is even in this time.

  • In this cockamamie get-rich scheme, would they all issue an apology if he cut a check?

  • Instead, straighten your civic backbone and push back in clear conscience.

  • If the "Y" Beach lot press their advantage they may cut off the enemy troops on the toe of the Peninsula.

  • It separates into three layers upon standing—a brown deposit, a clear fluid, and a frothy layer.

  • However this be, it is hard to say that these fibs have that clear intention to deceive which constitutes a complete lie.

  • Knowing by experience that he would soon be up to it, he used his pole with all his might, hoping to steer clear of it.

  • I am pleading for a clear white light of education that shall go like the sun round the whole world.