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
- She had dark red hair, cut short.
她有一头深红色的短发。 - He had his hair cut short.
他让人把头发剪短了一些。 - When he left he cut short the father's nervous thanks gruffly.
临走时,他很粗鲁地打断了那父亲的紧张的道谢的话。 - 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。 - 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。 - "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。 - I cut short his false friendliness and turned to Marcia.
我打断了他的虚情假意,转身面向马西娅。 - 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。 - Because of lack of funds, we had to cut short our vacation.
由于缺乏基金,我们必须缩短休假。 - 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。