cutinとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From cut(is) +‎ -in.

名詞

cutin (countable and uncountable, plural cutins)

1. (biochemistry) A waxy polymer of hydroxy acids that is the main constituent of plant cuticle.
   • 2018 April 16, Damian Carrington, The Guardian:

     The structure of the enzyme looked very similar to one evolved by many bacteria to break down cutin, a natural polymer used as a protective coating by plants.

派生語

関連する語

• cutan

アナグラム

• incut, tunic

動詞

cut in (third-person singular simple present cuts in, present participle cutting in, simple past and past participle cut in)

1. To intrude or interrupt.
   • 2023 March 8, Jonathan Tannenwald, “CBS is launching a 24/7 soccer channel online”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer‎:

     “If something breaks during the day, work hours up until the evening, we’ll cut in — if we’re in the middle of, let’s say, a magazine program or a podcast on tape or a re-air of the game,” Radovich said.

   • 2023, Wolfgang Denzer, Hinrich Kaiser, “Naming And Gaming: The Illicit Taxonomic Practice Of 'Nomenclatural Harvesting' And How To Avoid It”, in Journal of Zoology, volume 320, number 3, page 162:

     Taxon concepts […] are being produced at a fast rate and, as long as some minimal aspect of the rules of nomenclature laid down in the relevant code is fulfilled, these concepts can become permanent even when they may be deeply flawed scientifically. It is an ideal situation for someone to cut in – inappropriately – and produce large quantities of taxon names.

   1. To take up a portion of.

      This is cutting in on my free time.

   2. To join a queue in the middle, as opposed to at the back.

      Synonyms: jump the queue, push in, queue-jump

      Cut in line

   3. To pull in front of another vehicle in traffic, especially to do so dangerously or unfairly.
   4. (surfing) To begin riding a wave in front of someone else whose legitimate turn it is.
   5. (idiomatic, dated) To dance with someone who is already dancing by replacing his or her partner.
2. When painting, to paint edges, corners, or trim in preparation for rolling larger areas.
3. (transitive, slang) To include; to allow (someone) to participate in something.

   You can cut me in on the next hand of this card game.

   1. (transitive, slang) To give (someone) a share of something.
   2. (intransitive, slang) To take a share of something; to push one's way into a project, game or plan.

派生語

• cut-in

参考

• cut into
• queue-jumper

アナグラム

• incut, tunic

名詞

cut-in (plural cut-ins)

1. (broadcasting) A section of film or audio inserted into another sequence.
   • 1916, Carl Charlton, How to Write Photoplays, page 23:

     Inasmuch as leaders and cut-ins use up film a foot to a word, they should be resorted to only when absolutely necessary. For the producer has sufficient expense in his company and plant, without adding to it in film for cut-ins and leaders.

2. (video games, by extension) A visual sequence focusing on a character's face or body while they perform a special move.
3. The situation where the performer of a musical work receives royalties for each performance, despite not having composed it.
   • 2012, Gary Rosen, Unfair to Genius: The Strange and Litigious Career of Ira B. Arnstein, page 138:

     "My collaborators are having their convention in Cleveland this week," was the rueful joke among real songwriters who were seeing their royalties diluted by cut-ins.

   • 1994, Kerry Segrave, Payola in the Music Industry: A History, 1880-1991, page 21:

     One group was understandably upset by all the royalty cut-ins — the songwriters.

4. An instance of pulling in front of another vehicle in traffic.

アナグラム

• incut, tunic