This lathe is used for cutting metal.

这台机床是供切削金属用的。

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Machine tools are machines for cutting metal.

机床是机器用来切削金属。

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They were found cutting metal in the workshop.

有人发现他们在车间切削金属。

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Mr Dahlul's workshop housed metal cutting equipment.

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In 2007, the combined amount of CNC metal-cutting and forming tools produced in China was 126, 268, more than double the amount produced in 2005.

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Sweden's Sandvik (6.6, SDVKY) fell 70% in the bear market as the recession whacked sales of its metal-cutting, mining and construction tools as well as specialty alloys based on titanium and zirconium, used in thousands of applications like boiler tubes and flanges.

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