| 单词 |
curtailing |
| 释义 |
curˈtailing, vbl. n. Also 6–7 curtalling, 7 curtling. [-ing1.] The action of the verb curtail; shortening, abridging.
1586A. Day Eng. Secretary i. (1625) 3 When..with too much curtalling our arguments..wee abbreviate..our Epistles. 1591Percivall Sp. Dict., Derrabadura, curtalling, caudæ truncatio. 1610Markham Masterp. ii. clix. 468 Now for the manner of curtalling of horses, it is in this sort. 1650Fuller Pisgah iii. i. 315 The curtling of Jerusalem into Solyma. c1720W. Gibson Farrier's Guide ii. lviii. (1738) 217. 1737 Swift Letter 23 July, Against the corruption of English..with abominable curtailings and quaint modernisms. 1775Sheridan Rivals Pref., I profited by his judgment and experience in the curtailing of it. |

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