curt
curt 英 [kɜ:t] 美 [kɜrt]
adj. 简单粗暴的
a curt reply 唐突无礼的答覆
a curt nod 草草的点头
- I’m sorry to be curt, but let's get right to the point. You should use the adjective curt to describe a way of speaking that’s brief and blunt.
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- adj. 简单粗暴的
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1. a curt reply
唐突无礼的答覆
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2. a curt nod
草草的点头
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3. His tone was curt and unfriendly.
他说话的语调粗暴无礼。
- curt (adj.) mid-14c., from Latin curtus "(cut) short, shortened, incomplete," from PIE root *sker- (1) "to cut." Sense of "rude" is first recorded 1831. The Latin word was adopted early into most Germanic languages (compare Icelandic korta, German kurz, etc.) and drove out the native words based on Proto-Germanic *skurt-, but English retains short. Related: Curtal.
curt / kɜːt ; NAmE kɜːrt / adjective (of a person's manner or behaviour 人的举止或行为 ) appearing rude because very few words are used, or because sth is done in a very quick way 简短而失礼的；唐突无礼的 SYN abrupt , brusque ◆ a curt reply 唐突无礼的答覆 ◆ a curt nod 草草的点头 ◆ His tone was curt and unfriendly. 他说话的语调粗暴无礼。 ▶ curt·ly / kɜːtli ; NAmE kɜːrtli / adverb curt·ness / kɜːtnəs ; NAmE kɜːrtnəs / noun [uncountable ] curt curter curtest curt / kɜːt ; NAmE kɜːrt / curt·ly / kɜːtli ; NAmE kɜːrtli / curt·ness / kɜːtnəs ; NAmE kɜːrtnəs /
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