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curtail 音標拼音: [kɚt'el] vt. 縮減,剝奪,簡略 縮減,剝奪,簡略 curtail v 1: place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school" [synonym: {restrict}, {curtail}, {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" [synonym: {clip}, {curtail}, {cut short}] Curtail \Cur"tail\ (k?r"t?l), n. The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc. [1913 Webster] Curtail \Cur*tail"\ (k[u^]r*t[=a]l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Curtailed} (-t[=a]ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Curtailing}.] [See {Curtal}.] To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce. [1913 Webster] I, that am curtailed of this fair proportion. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Our incomes have been curtailed; his salary has been doubled. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 162 Moby Thesaurus words for "curtail":
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