| 单词 | curt |
| 释义 | curt (once / 932 pages) adj 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. Curt often just means "terse." In fact it comes from the Latin word curtus, which means “cut short, abridged.” But sometimes it has the added sense of being rudely short, like when you’re irritated that someone’s asking a stupid question so you give a brusk, curt response. WORD FAMILYcurt: curter, curtest, curtly, curtness+/curtness: curtnesses USAGE EXAMPLESPitching legend Curt Schilling waged a fight against oral cancer not long after retiring from baseball. Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) The curt utterances of Donald Trump recall those of the oracle at Delphi, except that its enigmas were clever. The Guardian(Dec 23, 2016) Curt Spalding, the office’s regional administrator, said the settlement will help protect New England’s waterways and natural environment. Washington Times(Dec 13, 2016) 1adj brief and to the point; effectively cut short a response so curt as to be almost rude Syn crisp, laconic, terse concise expressing much in few words 2adj marked by rude or peremptory shortness a curt reply Syn brusk, brusque, short discourteous showing no courtesy; rude |
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