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单词 truncated
释义 trun·cat·ed
\-ād.ə̇d, -ātə̇d\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin truncatus (past participle of truncare to cut off) + English -ed
1.
 a. : having the apex replaced by a plane section and especially by one parallel to the base
  < volcanic mountains … bluntly truncated, owing to the whole top of the original cone having been blown away — C.A.Cotton >
 b. : having the edges or corners cut off by a line or plane — compare beveled
  < transformed into truncated spheres — D.W.Van Krevelen & Johannes Schuyer >
2.
 a. : abbreviated by or as if by lopping : cut short : curtailed
  < truncated headlands … are products of wave erosion — C.L.White & G.T.Renner >
  < the present disc … includes the whole of the usually truncated orchestral introduction — Edward Sackville-West & Desmond Shawe-Taylor >
  < words truncated by his impatience — Frances Winwar >
 b. : marred by mutilation : maimed, mangled
  < a truncated body >
  < the truncated economy … must be made to grow new industrial limbs — Time >
  < such a truncated quotation does not do justice to the … argument — Nation >
 c. : lacking an expected or normal element (as a syllable) at beginning or end : acephalous, catalectic
  < a truncated line of verse >
3. : squared off at the end; specifically : truncate
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