单词 | cut short |
释义 | > as lemmasto cut short 43. to cut short: (transitive) extracted from cutv. a. to shorten by cutting off a part or parts; to abridge, curtail. literal and figurative. (Sometimes to cut shorter.) ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > reduce in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (transitive)] > curtail wanea889 dockc1380 bridgec1384 abridgea1393 limita1398 syncopec1412 defalk1475 shortena1535 to cut short?1542 royn1573 retrench1587 curtail1589 retranch1589 lop1594 scantle1596 scant1599 scantelize1611 curtalize1622 defalce1651 detrench1655 barb1657 defalcatea1690 razee1815 detruncate1846 to cut down1857 shave1898 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > summary or epitome > summarize or abridge [verb (transitive)] abrevya1325 comprehendc1369 abridgec1384 shorta1390 suma1398 abbreviate?a1475 shorten1530 to cut short?1542 curtail1553 to knit up1553 to wind up1583 clip1598 epitomize1599 brief1601 contract1604 to shut up1622 decurt1631 to sum up1642 breviate1663 curtilate1665 compendize1693 epitomate1702 to gather up1782 summarize1808 scissor1829 précis1856 to cut down1857 to boil down1880 synopsize1882 essence1888 résumé1888 short copy1891 bovrilize1900 pot1927 summate1951 capsulize1958 profile1970 ?1542 H. Brinkelow Complaynt Roderyck Mors xi. sig. C5 Cut shorter your processe. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccii He was taken &..cut shorter by the hedde. 1611 Bible (King James) 2 Kings x. 32 In those dayes the Lord began to cut Israel short [margin, Hebr. to cut off the ends] . View more context for this quotation 1664 H. More Apol. 507 I must..cut my skirts as short as I can, that they sit not upon them. 1781 F. Burney Jrnl. Aug. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (2003) IV. 451 That Gentleman..cut the matter very short, & would not talk upon it at all. 1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) II. viii. 293 William cuts the whole story very short. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 143 I will ask you to cut your answers shorter. b. To curtail, abridge, or restrict (any one) in his privileges, means, etc. ΘΠ the mind > possession > loss > taking away > take away [verb (transitive)] > deprive (of) > partially straiten1523 to curtail (a person, etc.) of1581 to cut short1592 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > disappoint, frustrate [verb (transitive)] > of something expected failc1386 dismiss1490 mock1541 to cut short1755 1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. E4v, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) Your Lordship..cutte me yet thirty pound shorter. 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler 156 Because I cut you short in that, I will commute for it, by telling you that that was told me for a secret. View more context for this quotation 1672 H. More Brief Reply 302 You..unjustly take upon you to cut us short of Salvation. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. To cut short, to abridge: as, the soldiers were cut short of their pay. 1799 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1846) VII. p. cxciii I am cut short enough by having no other emolument. Thesaurus » c. To bring to a sudden end, break off, put a stop to abruptly. d. To interrupt abruptly; to stop, ‘pull up’ (a speaker). Π 1611 Bible (King James) Rom. ix. 28 He will finish the worke, and cut it short in righteousnesse. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. i. 81 The welfare of vs all, Hangs on the cutting short that fraudfull man. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis x, in tr. Virgil Wks. 523 More he wou'd have said, But the stern Heroe turn'd aside his Head, And cut him short. 1713 G. Berkeley Three Dialogues Hylas & Philonous i. 58 It would, probably, have cut short your Discourse. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 232 But the Admiral..cut him short. ‘I do not wish to hear anything on that subject.’ 1873 W. Black Princess of Thule xiv. 222 Her speculations..were cut short by the entrance of her husband. e. intransitive. To stop short, be brief. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > be concise or brief [verb (intransitive)] to be at a (also one) wordOE to make short1556 to be brief1588 abbreviate1596 to cut short1691 to cut (also make) a long story short1732 to make short of long1883 1691 A. Gavin Observ. Journy to Naples 184 I was oblig'd to cut short, and tell her [etc.]. 1726 J. M. tr. A. de La V. d'Orville de Vignacourt Tragical Hist. Chevalier de Vaudray 116 To cut short..we broke up. to cut short 9. to cut short [= French couper court (where court is uninflected as adverb); compare sense A. 1i] : to put a sudden end to (a person's life or career, a course of events, an action, speech, etc.). Hence, to stop (a person) abruptly in a course of action or speech; to interrupt and not allow to proceed. Also rarely †to disappoint (a person) of something. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iv. iv. 11 Rather then bloody Warre shall cut them short . View more context for this quotation 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 14 The Rule..cuts the worke short and sharpe. 1706 A. Bedford Temple Musick viii. 163 The Chanters did Cut their Notes Short. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 534. ⁋1 I love to ask Questions when I fall into such Conversation; but I am cut short with something or other about my bright Eyes. 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. v. vii. 277 To cut this Matter short, I shall borrow an Allusion to Physic. 1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality I. iv. 137 We may cut them short of their desires. 1780 Mirror No. 88 It would be a pity to cut short a boy of my genius. 1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I clxiii. 84 Sage Antonia cut him short. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. i. i. 3 A malady which threatened to cut short his days. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop ii. lix. 132 An exclamation..cut the lawyer short. 1886 S. Baring-Gould Court Royal II. xxx. 78 The young man cut her short with—‘You may go’. 1891 E. Peacock Narcissa Brendon I. 114 His reverie was cut short by the castle clock striking a quarter to five. < as lemmas |
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