curt

英 [kɜːt]

美 [kɜːrt]

adj. 简短而失礼的; 唐突无礼的

CET6 TOEFL GRE TEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.16308 / COCA.18407

牛津词典

adj.

简短而失礼的；唐突无礼的
appearing rude because very few words are used, or because sth is done in a very quick way
1. a curt reply
  唐突无礼的答复
2. a curt nod
  草草的点头
3. His tone was curt and unfriendly.
  他说话的语调粗暴无礼。

柯林斯词典

ADJ-GRADED 简短而失礼的;唐突无礼的
If you describe someone ascurt, you mean that they speak or reply in a brief and rather rude way.
1. Her tone of voice was curt...
  她说话的语气唐突无礼。
2. 'The matter is closed,' was the curt reply.
  得到的答复简短而无礼：“事情已经结束了。”

英英释义

adj

brief and to the point
1. a crisp retort
2. a response so curt as to be almost rude
3. the laconic repl
4. short and terse and easy to understand
Synonym:crisplaconicterse
marked by rude or peremptory shortness
1. try to cultivate a less brusque manner
2. a curt reply
3. the salesgirl was very short with him
Synonym:brusquebruskshort(p)

双语例句

A curt response from Lee.
从李生硬的回应。
A: Am I curt with you if I ask you to marry me now?
如果我现在向你求婚，不会太唐突吧？
Aster ran off the attack in a curt businesslike way.
埃斯特以一种简捷，踏实的方式进行了这次袭击。
"Because it's your marriage," came the curt answer.
因为它是你的婚姻，来简略的答案。
The bank person, an elderly gentleman with a white beard, was, as usual, curt to my polite Happy New Year.
给我办理业务的银行职员是一位老先生，留着一捋白胡子。他像平常一样简洁地回应我那句礼貌的新年快乐。
A curt reply came back stating that 10 per cent Think Time was something Tim believes in and urges us to do, although it was not compulsory.
对方给出了非常简短的回复，称10%思考时间是蒂姆相信是对的，并敦促我们去做的事情，尽管不是强制性的。
Furthermore, the following trace-based tools have also been updated: curt, filemon, netpmon, pprof, and splat.
此外，还对以下基于跟踪的工具进行了更新：Curt、filemon、netpmon、pprof和splat。
He had been curt with gertrude.
他对格特鲁德很简慢。
Curt was best man in my wedding, and I was his a few years later when he married my sister's roommate.
我结婚的时候是Curt做我的男傧相，几年以后当他和我妹妹的室友结婚时我又做了他的男傧相。
Try to cultivate a less brusque manner; a curt reply; the salesgirl was very short with him.
试图培养得礼貌些；唐突的回答；那个女售货员对他很无礼。