cut short
英 [kʌt ʃɔːt]
美 [kʌt ʃɔːrt]
缩短;打断;缩减
英英释义
verb
- terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
- My speech was cut short
- Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries
- make shorter as if by cutting off
- truncate a word
- Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains
- interrupt before its natural or planned end
- We had to cut short our vacation
- cause to end earlier than intended
- The spontaneous applause cut the singer short
双语例句
- You want it cut short?
你想剪的短点儿吗? - For the first time in my adult life, I contemplated getting my hair cut short.
在我成年的生活的第一次,我深思熟虑地打算将头发剪短。 - If her marriage had not cut short her college education she would have become a teacher.
要不是她因为结婚而中断了学业,本来她会成为一名教师的。 - Jackson cut short his trip to Africa
杰克逊提前结束了他的非洲之行。 - Just then the sound of loud talking and laughter at the door cut short her speech.
这时,门口一阵笑声和喧闹声打断了她的话。 - Unfortunately, his career was cut short due to his illness.
不幸的是,他的事业由于疾病而中断了。 - The mayor cut short his meeting when he knew these people's survival.
市长知道了这些人生还消息后中断了他的会议。 - During a phone call with her husband she had heard a commotion, before the call was cut short.
在和丈夫电话中,她听见了骚动随后电话就被挂断。 - Sorry, the line was cut short just now.
对不起,刚才电话断了。 - "look!" he said suddenly as if he'd decided to cut short the cat and mouse game.
“瞧!”他突然说到,似乎他已决定结束这场欲擒故纵的把戏。