Truncate



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.把 ( 某物) 截短, 去尾
• ［英］ v.把 ( 某物) 截短, 去尾 ( to shorten by cutting off)
• ［类］ 反义词: prolong ( 延长)
• ［记］ 来自trunk ( 树干) +ate -> 截去树干 -> 截短
• ［例］ truncate a news item ( 删节新闻) / a badly truncated repor

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Etymology: Latin truncatus, past participle of truncare to shorten, from truncus trunk
• Date: 1716
• having the end square or even <truncate leaves>

II. transitive verb (truncated; truncating)

• Date: circa 1727
• 1. to shorten by or as if by cutting off
• 2. to replace (an edge or corner of a crystal) by a plane
• ? truncation noun

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