cur·tail /(ˌ)kɝˈte(ə)l/
(vt.)縮減,剝奪,簡略
Cur·tail v. t. [imp. & p. p. Curtailed p. pr. & vb. n. Curtailing.] To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce.
I, that am curtailed of this fair proportion. --Shak.
Our incomes have been curtailed; his salary has been doubled. --Macaulay.
Cur·tail n. The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc.
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curtail
v 1: place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school" [syn: restrict,
curb, cut back]
2: 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" [syn: clip, cut
short]