英语词汇“curtail”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	curtail
释义	curtail curtail¹ —curtailedly, adv. —curtailer, n. —curtailment, n. /keuhr tayl"/, v.t. to cut short; cut off a part of; abridge; reduce; diminish. [1425-75; late ME curtailen to restrict (said of royal succession or inheritance), prob. a conflation of MF courtau(l)d (see CURTAL) and ME taillen to cut (see TAILLE, TAILOR)] Syn. lessen, dock. See shorten. curtail² /kerr"tayl'/, n. Archit. 1. a horizontal, spiral termination to the lower end of a stair railing. 2. Also called curtail step. a starting step having a scroll termination to one or both ends of the tread. [prob. alter., by folk etym., of CURTAL]
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