English Dictionary

curtail

IPA（発音記号）

/kɜːˈteɪl/

動詞

廃用 他動詞 比喩的用法

(transitive, obsolete) To cut short the tail of an animal / (transitive) To shorten or abridge the duration of something; to truncate. / (transitive, figuratively) To limit or restrict, keep in check.

日本語の意味

（動物の）尾を短く切る（切り詰める） / （期間や内容などを）短縮する、要約する / 制限する、抑制する

By tradition the village men would curtail the hounds' tails before the spring hunt.

伝統的に、その村の男たちは春の狩りの前に猟犬の尾を切り詰めていた。

意味（1）

(transitive, obsolete) To cut short the tail of an animal

Curtailing horses procured long horse-hair.

意味（2）

(transitive) To shorten or abridge the duration of something; to truncate.

When the audience grew restless, the speaker curtailed her speech.

意味（3）

(transitive, figuratively) To limit or restrict, keep in check.

This is the rump of the C.L.C. branch to Southport Lord Street, which lost its passenger services beyond Aintree from January 7, 1952, whereupon the timetable between Gateacre and Aintree was greatly curtailed.

curtails （ present singular third-person ）

curtailing （ participle present ）

curtailed （ participle past ）

curtailed （ past ）