| 单词 | cut shorter |
| 释义 | > as lemmascut shorter 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. < as lemmas |
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