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
- 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。 - She cut short her talk in order to get home.
为了要回家，她把谈话压缩了。 - 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。 - He cut short his tour and returned home.
他中断旅行，回家了。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Jackson cut short his trip to Africa
杰克逊提前结束了他的非洲之行。 - 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。 - My trip was cut short, because of rain.
我的旅行因雨而中断。