serrated

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ser·rat·ed /səˈreɪtəd, se-/ adjectiveadj [usually before noun]

SHARPhaving a sharp edge made of a row of connected points like teeth 锯齿状的

Use a knife with a serrated edge.

使用带锯齿刃的刀。

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serrated• Handsome, serrated and undulating bronze-green translucent foliage.• Lastly the serrated blade of the sickle required no sharpening: it would last for a whole harvest without attention.• A glimmer of silver as moonlight snagged on the serrated blade.• I pull out a ten-inch hunting knife with a serrated blade.• The firm then experimented by making one side of the cutting knives with serrated edges, leaving the other smooth-edged.• Cut into three layers using a serrated knife.• These were serrated, short in the middle and with a point on each side.

serrated edge• This spine has a serrated edge and can inflict painful wounds.• The leaf, with a faintly serrated edge, has a distinct brownish-green or dark brown midrib.• The firm then experimented by making one side of the cutting knives with serrated edges, leaving the other smooth-edged.• The flouncy fish gets particularly huffy about serrated edges, which tear rather than slice through its delicate flesh.

Origin serrated

(1300-1400) Late Latin past participle of serrare “to cut with a saw”, from Latin serra “saw”

ser·rat·ed adjectiveadj

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