curtail 音标拼音: [kɚt'el]
vt . 缩减,剥夺,简略
缩减,剥夺,简略
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 } (-
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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 ":
abate ,
abbreviate ,
abrade ,
abridge ,
abstract ,
arrest ,
bate ,
bereave ,
bleed ,
bob ,
boil down ,
bridle ,
capsulize ,
check ,
circumscribe ,
clip ,
coarct ,
compact ,
compress ,
concentrate ,
condense ,
consolidate ,
constrain ,
constrict ,
constringe ,
contain ,
contract ,
control ,
cool ,
cool off ,
cramp ,
crop ,
curb ,
cut ,
cut back ,
cut down ,
cut off ,
cut off short ,
cut short ,
damp ,
dampen ,
decelerate ,
decrease ,
deduct ,
deflate ,
depreciate ,
depress ,
deprive ,
deprive of ,
derogate ,
detract ,
diminish ,
disentitle ,
disparage ,
divest ,
dock ,
dompt ,
downgrade ,
drain ,
draw ,
draw in ,
draw together ,
ease one of ,
eat away ,
elide ,
enjoin ,
epitomize ,
erode ,
extract ,
file away ,
foreshorten ,
govern ,
guard ,
hinder ,
hold ,
hold at bay ,
hold back ,
hold fast ,
hold in ,
hold in check ,
hold in leash ,
hold up ,
impair ,
inhibit ,
keep ,
keep back ,
keep from ,
keep in ,
keep in check ,
keep under control ,
knit ,
lay under restraint ,
leach ,
lessen ,
lighten one of ,
lower ,
milk ,
mine ,
minify ,
mow ,
narrow ,
nip ,
pare ,
poll ,
pollard ,
prohibit ,
prune ,
pucker ,
pucker up ,
pull ,
pull in ,
purify ,
purse ,
reap ,
recap ,
recapitulate ,
reduce ,
refine ,
rein ,
rein in ,
remove ,
restrain ,
retard ,
retrench ,
roll back ,
rub away ,
scale down ,
set back ,
shave ,
shear ,
shorten ,
simplify ,
slash ,
slow down ,
snub ,
solidify ,
step down ,
straiten ,
strangle ,
strangulate ,
stunt ,
subduct ,
subtract ,
sum up ,
summarize ,
synopsize ,
take away ,
take away from ,
take from ,
take in ,
tap ,
telescope ,
thin ,
thin out ,
trim ,
truncate ,
tune down ,
wear away ,
weed ,
withdraw ,
withhold ,
wrinkle
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