Curt



GRE 蓝宝

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. ( 言词、行为) 简略而草率的
• ［英］ adj. ( 言词、行为) 简略而草率的 ( brief, esp. to the point of rudeness; terse or brusque)
• ［类］ curt : words / parsimonious : resource ( 词语过简 / 资源过省)
• ［例］ a curt reply. a curt manner.

Webster Collegiate

adjective

• Etymology: Latin curtus mutilated, curtailed — more at shear
• Date: 1630
• 1.
  • a. sparing of words ; terse <wrote curt precise sentences
  • b. marked by rude or peremptory shortness ; brusque curt refusal
• 2. shortened in linear dimension
• Synonyms: see bluff
• ? curtly adverb
• ? curtness noun

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