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
  1. My speech was cut short
  2. Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries
  Synonym:clipcurtail
• make shorter as if by cutting off
  1. truncate a word
  2. Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains
  Synonym:truncate
• interrupt before its natural or planned end
  1. We had to cut short our vacation
  Synonym:break shortbreak off
• cause to end earlier than intended
  1. The spontaneous applause cut the singer short

双语例句

• She cut short her talk in order to get home.
  为了要回家，她把谈话压缩了。
• You want it cut short?
  你想剪的短点儿吗？
• His glittering career was cut short by a heart attack
  他辉煌的事业因心脏病发作而被迫终止。
• 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。
• He cut short his tour and returned home.
  他中断旅行，回家了。
• Sorry, the line was cut short just now.
  对不起，刚才电话断了。
• I would like a change, maybe have my hair cut short.
  我想作一番改变，或许把头发剪短。
• She had dark red hair, cut short.
  她有一头深红色的短发。
• John's presentation at the conference was cut short by the president owing to the time limit.
  约翰在大会上的发言由于时间限制被主席打断了。
• 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。