late 12c., "one who cuts" in any sense, agent noun from cut (v.). As a type of small, single-masted vessel, from 1762, earlier "boat belonging to a ship of war" (1745), perhaps so called from the notion of "cutting" through the water.
雙語例句
1. Mr Robinson has developed the reputation of a ruthless cost-cutter.
大家都知道魯賓遜先生在降低成本上毫不手軟。
來自柯林斯例句
2. What had Cutter done to make him stick out from the crowd?
卡特做了些什么，讓他從眾人之中脫穎而出？
來自柯林斯例句
3. Handmade goods appeal to those who are tired of cookie-cutter products.
手工制品受到那些已厭倦劃一產品的人的歡迎。
來自《權威詞典》
4. A wood cutter piloted our fighters over the mountains.
一個伐木人引導我們的戰士翻山越嶺.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. The coastguard cutter cruised along the coast looking for smugglers.