資料來源 : pyDict

縮減,剝奪,簡略

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

         I, that am curtailed of this fair proportion. --Shak.

         Our incomes have been curtailed; his salary has been
         doubled.                                 --Macaulay.

Curtail \Cur"tail\ (k?r"t?l), n.
   The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a
   step, etc.

資料來源 : WordNet®

curtail
     v 1: place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school" [syn: {restrict},
           {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" [syn: {clip}, {cut
        short}]