curtail

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /kɜːˈteɪl/    美 /kɚˈteɪl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A scroll termination, as of a step, etc.
动词 v.
  1. To cut short the tail of (an animal). obsolete,transitive
    — Curtailing horses procured long horse-hair.
  2. To shorten or abridge the duration of; to bring an end to; to truncate. transitive
    — When the audience grew restless, the speaker curtailed her speech.
  3. To limit or restrict; to keep in check. figuratively,transitive
    — This is the rump of the C.L.C. branch to Southport Lord Street, which lost its passenger services beyond Aintree from January 7, 1952, whereupon the timetable between Gateacre and Aintree was greatly curtailed.

词形变化

curtails present,singular,third-person curtailing participle,present curtailed participle,past curtailed past curtails plural

词汇关系

近义词
shorten control limit restrain
衍生词
curtailable curtail dog curtailer curtailment uncurtailed
相关词
curt curtal

词源

词源 1
Alteration of curtal, from Old French courtault (“which has been shortened”), itself from court (“short”) (from Latin curtus) + -ault
词源 2
Alteration of curtal, from Old French courtault (“which has been shortened”), itself from court (“short”) (from Latin curtus) + -ault
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