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cut-and-paste

/kuht-n-peyst/US // ˈkʌt nˈpeɪst //

剪切和粘贴,删减和粘贴,剪贴,剪切粘贴

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : assembled or produced from various existing bits and pieces: The book purports to be a history but is just a cut-and-paste job of old essays and newspaper clippings.

Examples

  • As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.

  • As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.

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

  • Yes, Byrd—dead four-and-a-half years now—was a Kleagle in the Ku Klux Klan.

  • My understanding was that according to most Christian beliefs, being trans or gay was a sin, cut and dry.

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

  • She also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.

  • At the reserve bank they may borrow as a standing right and not as a favor which may be cut off.

  • It occurred to him then, for the first time, that a third resource was open—he might cut the rope, and let the kite go free!

  • My thought was to keep pushing in troops from "W" Beach until the enemy had fallen back to save themselves from being cut off.