curtail

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vt. 缩减, 剥夺, 简略 [法] 剥夺特权

发音

UK /kɜːˈteɪl/
其它
US /kɚˈteɪl/

词形变化

curtails 复数 curtails curtailed curtailest curtaileth curtailing curtails 三单 curtailing 现在分词 curtailed 过去式 curtailed 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

缩减；剪短；剥夺…特权等

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A scroll termination, as of a step, etc.

    建筑
v.
  1. 1.

    To cut short the tail of (an animal).

    废旧 及物

    Curtailing horses procured long horse-hair.

  2. 2.

    To shorten or abridge the duration of; to bring an end to; to truncate.

    缩减

    精简

    及物

    When the audience grew restless, the speaker curtailed her speech.

  3. 3.

    To limit or restrict; to keep in check.

    限制

    制约

    比喻 及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 5

clip curb restrict cut back cut short

上位词 3

limit shorten circumscribe

下位词 6

control ration restrict immobilize abridge immobilise

相关短语

curtail dog curtail dogs

词源

Alteration of curtal, from Old French courtault (“which has been shortened”), itself from court (“short”) (from Latin curtus) + -ault

来源：wiktionary